AISEPIDES
Greek Name
Νυμφαι Αισηπιδες
Transliteration
Nymphai Aisêpides
Latin Spelling
Nymphae Aesepides
Translation
Nymphs of Aesepus
THE AISEPIDES (Aesepides) were the Naiad-nymph of the Trojan river Aisepos in north-western Anatolia.
PARENTS
AISEPOS (Quintus Smyrnaeus 2.549)
NAMES
ABARBAREE (Homer Iliad 6.21)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 2. 549 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :
"[The Trojan ally Memnon was buried] by the deep flow of Aisepos' (Aesepus) stream, where is a fair grove of the bright-haired Nymphai (Nymphs), the which round his long barrow afterward Aisepos' daughters planted, screening it with many and manifold trees."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th A.D.
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