Iynx

Detail of an earring showing a figure of Eros holding an iynx toy. Created in Northern Greece, c. 330–300 BC[1]

In Greek mythology, Iynx (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἴϋγξ, translit. Íÿnx) was an Arcadian Oread nymph; a daughter of the god Pan and the nymph Echo. In popular myth, she used an enchantment to cast a spell on Zeus, which caused him to fall in love with Io. In consequence of this, Hera metamorphosed her into the bird called iynx (Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla).[2]

  1. ^ "Пара серег" (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  2. ^ Scholia on Theocritus, 2.17, on Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.380, Nemean Ode 4.56; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 310. (cited in Smith)