Cyrene | |
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Genealogy | |
Parents | Chlidanope and Hypseus |
Consort | Apollo |
Offspring | Aristaeus, Autuchus and Idmon |
Cyrene, also spelled Kyrene (Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kurḗnē, pronounced variously as /saɪˈriːni/ sy-REE-nee or /kaɪˈriːni/ ky-REE-nee) is a figure in Greek mythology considered the etymon of the Greek colony of Cyrene in eastern Libya in North Africa. She was said to have been a Thessalian princess who became the queen of Cyrene, founded and named in her honor by the god Apollo.[1] The story is entirely apocryphal, the city having been founded by settlers from Thera.
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