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TEREINE

Greek Name

Τερεινη

Transliteration

Tereinê

Latin Spelling

Tereine

Translation

Piercer (tereô)

TEREINE was a Naiad-nymph of the river Strymon in the land of the Triballoi tribe of Thrake (north of Greece). She was loved by the god Ares and bore him a daughter named Thrassa.

Teirene's name meaning "She Who Pierces" from the Greek word tereô meaning "to pierce"--a fitting name for a consort of the war-god.

PARENTS

STRYMON (Antoninus Liberalis 21)

OFFSPRING

THRASSA (by Ares) (Antoninus Liberalis 21)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 21 (trans. Celoria) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Thrassa was daughter of Ares and of Tereine daughter of Strymon."

SOURCES

GREEK

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