KYLLENE
Greek Name
Κυλληνη
Transliteration
Kyllênê
Latin Spelling
Cyllene
Translation
Of Mount Cyllene
KYLLENE (Cyllene) was an Oreiad-nymph of Mount Kyllene (Cyllene) in Arkadia (southern Greece). She was the wife of Pelasgos (Pelasgus), the first king of Arkadia who lived in the days before the Great Deluge.
Kyllene was perhaps identified with Meliboia, the wife of Pelasgos in other accounts.
PARENTS
Nowhere stated
OFFSPRING
LYKAON (by Pelasgos) (Apollodorus 3.96)
ENCYCLOPEDIA
CYLLE′NE (Kullênê), a nymph, who became the mother of Lycaon by Pelasgus. (Apollod. iii. 8. § 1.) According to others, she was the wife of Lycaon. (Dionys. Hal. A. R. i. 13.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 96 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Pelasgos (Pelasgus) and Okeanos' (Oceanus') daughter Meliboia (Meliboea), or, according to others, a Nymphe named Kyllene (Cyllene), had a son Lykaon (Lycaon), who ruled over the Arkadians."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
OTHER SOURCES
Other references not currently quoted here: Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1.13.1.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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