PAREIA

PAREIA was the Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the main town of the small Aegean island of Paros. She had four sons by King Minos of Krete (Crete).

PARENTS

Perhaps the daughter of a mainland RIVER-GOD

OFFSPRING

EURYMEDON, NEPHALION, KHRYSES, PHILOLAUS (by Minos) (Apollodorus 3.7)

ENCYCLOPEDIA

PAREIA (Pareia). Pareia is the name of a nymph by whom Minos became the father of Eurymedon, Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus. (Apollod. iii. 1. § 2.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 7 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"With a Nymphe named Pareia he [King Minos of Krete (Crete)] had [sons] Eurymedon, Nephalion, Khryses (Chryses), and Philolaus."

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 99 :
"[Herakles] touching on the island of Paros, where lived the sons of Minos, by name Eurymedon, Khryses (Chryses), Nephalion, and Philolaus. Now it happened that two men from the ship went ashore, where they were murdered by the sons of Minos. In outrage Herakles promptly slew the sons."

SOURCES

GREEK

• Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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