SYMAITHIS
Greek Name
Συμαιθις
Transliteration
Symaithis
Latin Spelling
Symaethis
Translation
Of Symaethus (river)
SYMAITHIS (Symaethis) was a Naiad-nymph of the River Symaithos in Sicily loved by the god Pan.
PARENTS
SYMAITHOS (Presumed from Ovid Metamorphoses 13.750)
OFFSPRING
AKIS (by Pan) (Ovid Metamorphoses 13.750)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Ovid, Metamorphoses 13. 750 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"Acis was son of Nympha Symaethis and Faunus [Pan] was his father, a great joy to both his parents."
SOURCES
ROMAN
- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.
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