Limnoreia_(mythology)

Limnoreia (mythology)

Limnoreia (mythology)

Nereid of Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Limnoreia, Limnoria or Lymnoria[1] (Ancient Greek: Λιμνώρεια means 'salt-marsh') was the Nereid of the salt marshes[2] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[3] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero)
  2. [2]
    Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 217. ISBN 9780786471119.
  3. [3]
    Homer, Iliad 18.41; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  4. [4]
    Homer, Iliad 18.39-51

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