Nereid of Greek mythology
InGreek mythology,Amphithoë (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιθόη means 'she who moves swiftly around' or 'the shouter')[1] was theNereid of sea currents[1] and thus a daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea'Nereus and theOceanidDoris.[2][3] She was probably the same asAmphitrite.[4]
Amphithoe and her other sisters appeared toThetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief ofAchilles for his slain friendPatroclus.[5]
- ^abBane, Theresa (2013).Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 27.ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^Homer,Iliad 18.42
- ^Hyginus,Fabulae Preface
- ^These two accounts,Hesiod,Theogony 244 & 254 andApollodorus, 1.2.7, did not mention any account regarding Amphithoe.
- ^Homer,Iliad18.39-51
- Apollodorus,The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod,Theogony fromThe Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer,The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN 978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN 978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
