Pirene (nymph)

Not to be confused with Pyrene (mythology).
Sophie Rude, The Death of Cenchirias, son of Neptune and the nymph Peirene, 1821-1823
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In Greek mythology, Pirene or Peirene (Ancient Greek: Πειρήνη means "of the osiers"[1]), a nymph, was either the daughter of the river god Asopus,[2] Laconian king Oebalus,[3] or the river god Achelous,[4] depending on different sources. By Poseidon she became the mother of Lecheas and Cenchrias.

  1. ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Sisyphus. ISBN 978-0-14-310671-5.
  2. ^ Bacchylides, fr. 9; Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1-5
  3. ^ Hesiod, Megalai Ehoiai fr. 258, cited in Pausanias, 2.2.2.
  4. ^ Pausanias, 2.2.2.