Ianthe (mythology)

Greek deities
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Water deities
Nymphs

In Greek mythology, Ianthe (Ancient Greek: Ἰάνθη Ianthê) or Janthe[1] was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[2][3][4] Her name means "she who delights",[5] or probably from ianthên (heat) or ianthos (violet).

  1. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 349 & 362–366
  3. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
  4. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 188. ISBN 9780786471119.
  5. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 337-370, f.n. 1: "Goettling notes that most Oceanids are called after some quality which their streams possessed."