Phyllodoce (mythology)

Nereid of Greek mythology

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Chthonic deities Personified concepts
Water deities
Amphitrite Ceto Glaucus Nereus Oceanus Phorcys Pontus Poseidon Potamoi Proteus Tethys Thetis Triton
Nymphs
Alseid Anthousai Auloniad Aurae Crinaeae Daphnaie Dryads Eleionomae Epimeliads Hamadryads Hesperides Hyades Lampads Leimakids Limnades Meliae Melinoë Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides
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In Greek mythology, Phyllodoce was one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[1] She was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene.^[2] Phyllodoce was described to have bright, waving locks of hair and a slender pale neck.^[3]

Notes

^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
^ Virgil, Georgics 4.336
^ Virgil, Georgics 4.336

References

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.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.