Harmonia (nymph)

For the deity with the same name, see Harmonia (deity).
For other uses, see Harmonia (disambiguation).
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In Greek mythology, Harmonia (/hɑːrˈmoʊniə/; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμονία means 'harmony, concord') was a nymph, perhaps a naiad or dryad, in the glens of the Akmonian wood. She was the lover of Ares of whom she bore the warrior-women race of the Amazons.[1][2]

  1. ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 2.990
  2. ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. section 131 s.v. The Ninth Labour: Hippolyte’s Girdle. ISBN 978-0143106715.