PHASEIDES
Greek Name
Νυμφαι Φασειδες
Transliteration
Nymphai Phaseides
Latin Spelling
Nymphae Phaseides
Translation
Nymphs of Phasis
THE PHASEIDES were the Naiad-nymphs of the streams and marshes of the river Phasis in Kolkhis (Colchis) on the Black Sea.
PARENTS
Presumably daughters of the River PHASIS
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3. 1219 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) :
"The whole meadow trembled under her [the goddess Hekate's] feet, and the Nymphai Heleionomai (Nymphs of the Marsh) and Potameides (Nymphs of the River) who haunt the fens by Amarantian Phasis cried out in fear."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Greek Epic C3rd B.C.
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