NAIAS SERIPHIA
Greek Name
Ναιας Σεριφια
Transliteration
Naias Seriphia
Latin Spelling
Naiad Seriphia
Translation
Naiad of Seriphos (island)
THE "NAIAS SERIPHIA" was an unnamed Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the main settlement of the Aegean island of Seriphos. She and her sons, Diktys (Dictys) and Polydektes (Polydectes), emigrated to the island from Magnesia in Thessalia. The nymph brought along her waters to make the island fit for human habitation.
PARENTS
Perhaps a daughter of the River PENEIOS
OFFSPRING
DIKTYS, POLYDEKTES (by Magnes) (Apollodorus 1.88)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 88 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Magnes [king of Magnesia] married a Naias Nymphe (Naiad Nymph), and sons Polydektes (Polydectes) and Diktys (Dictys) were born to him. They settled Seriphos."
SOURCES
GREEK
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
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