Thelxinoë
In Greek mythology, Thelxinoë (/θɛlkˈsɪnoʊ.iː/[1]; Ancient Greek: Θελξινόη, romanized: Thelxinóē, lit. 'mind-charming') was a name attributed to the following four characters:
- Thelxinoë, one of the sirens. Also known as Thelxiopê (Θελξιόπη) or Thelxiepia/ Thelxiepeia (Θελξιέπεια).[2]
- Thelxinoë, one of the four later recognized Muses in Greek tradition. She and her sisters Aoede, Arche and Melete[3] were regarded as daughters of Zeus by Plusia.[4] She was linked with the charming of the mind as a Muse. The moon of Jupiter Thelxinoe is named after her.
- Thelxinoë, one of Semele's attendants.[5]
- Thelxinoëa, also Thelxionoea or Thelxineia, one of the so-called Praxidicae (the other two were Alacomenia and Aulis), daughters of King Ogyges of Boeotia.[6]
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[edit]- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nature of the Gods from the Treatises of M.T. Cicero translated by Charles Duke Yonge (1812–1891), Bohn edition of 1878. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum. O. Plasberg. Leipzig. Teubner. 1917. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
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