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InGreek mythology,Argyra (/ˈɑːrdʒɪrə/;Ancient Greek:Ἀργυρᾶ,romanized: Argurã,lit. 'silvery') was one of theNaiads, anymph who lived in a well. There was a city in ancientAchaea, also namedArgyra, that was the site of a spring.
According to legend, the nymph Argyra was in love with a shepherd namedSelemnus whom she visited frequently.[1] But when he aged and his youthful beauty vanished, she forsook him. When the boy died of grief, the goddessAphrodite out of pity changed him into a river, theSelemnos. There was a popular belief in Achaia that a forsaken lover who bathes in this river will forget their pain.[2]
