Myrto (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, the name Myrto (Ancient Greek: Μυρτώ) may refer to one of the following characters:
- Myrto, one of the Maenads.[1]
- Myrto, a possible eponym for the Myrtoan Sea.[2]
- Myrto, an Amazon and one of the possible mothers of Myrtilus by Hermes.[3]
- Myrto, daughter of Menoitios of Opus, sister to Patroclus. She had a daughter Eucleia by Heracles.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 29. 270
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 14. 8
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 752
- ^ Plutarch, Aristides, 20. 6
Sources[edit]
- Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Band XVI, Halbband 31, Molatzes-Myssi (1933), s. 1167 (in German)
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