PHIGALIA
Greek Name
Φιγαλια
Transliteration
Phigalia
Latin Spelling
Phigalia
Translation
Of Phigalia (town)
PHIGALIA was the Dryad-nymph eponym of the town of Phigalia in Arkadia (southern Greece).
PARENTS
Nowhere stated
ENCYCLOPEDIA
PHIGA′LIA (Phigalia), a Dryad, from whom the town of Phigalia was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. viii. 39. § 2; Strab. viii. p. 348.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 39. 3 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"Others have said that Phigalia [eponym of the Arkadian town of Phigalia] was one of the Nymphai (Nymphs) called Dryades."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Pausanias, Description of Greece - Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D.
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