In Greek mythology, Themisto (; Ancient Greek: Θεμιστώ, romanized: Themistṓ, lit. 'belonging to the law or customs'[1]) may refer to the following women:
- Themisto, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughter of the sea divinities Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2][3]
- Themisto, daughter of the river god Inachus and the mother of Arcas by Zeus.[4] In other accounts, the usual birth mother of Arcas was called Callisto, daughter of Lycaon or else Megisto, daughter of Ceteus,[5] both women were members of the Arcadian royal family.
- Themisto, daughter of the Hyperborean king Zabius, mother of Galeos by Apollo.[6]
- Themisto, the third and last wife of Athamas.[7]
- ^ "User-submitted name Themisto - Behind the Name". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 240ff
- ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
- ^ Eustathius ad Homer, Iliad p. 300; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Arcadia (Ἀρκαδία); Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
- ^ Hyginus, De astronomia 2.1.6, and 2.6.2, with Araethus of Tegea as authority
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Galeōtai
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.2