Smilax (mythology)

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Greek deities
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Nymphs

In Greek mythology Smilax (/smɪ.lɑːks/; Greek pronunciation: [zmîːlaks]; Greek: Σμῖλαξ, translit. Smílax, lit. "bindweed"[1]) was the name of a nymph who was in love with Crocus[2] and was turned into the plant bearing her name (the bindweed). Ancient sources with information about her and her tale are few and far between.

  1. ^ Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, "σμῖλαξ"
  2. ^ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Crocus