Pirene (nymph)
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Mythology
When her son Cenchrias was unintentionally killed by Artemis, Pirene's grief was so profound that she became nothing but tears and turned into the Pirene (fountain) outside the gates of Corinth.[5] The Corinthians had a small sanctuary dedicated to Pirene by the fountain where honey-cakes were offered to her to during the dry months of early summer.
The fountain was sacred to the
Polyidus had claimed), drinking, and tamed him.[6]
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-14-310671-5.
- ^ Bacchylides, fr. 9; Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1-5
- ^ Hesiod, Megalai Ehoiai fr. 258, cited in Pausanias, 2.2.2.
- ^ Pausanias, 2.2.2.
- ^ Pausanias, 2.3.3.
- ^ Pindar, Olympian Odes 13.3
References
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Further reading
- Leonhard Schmitz (1867). "PEIRE'NE". In Smith, William (ed.). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Making of America Books. Vol. 3. Boston: Little, Brown, and Co. p. 166.
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