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In Greek mythology, Ione (Ancient Greek: Ἰόνη) was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [1] [2]
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides (/ ˈ n ɪər i ɪ d z / NEER-ee-idz; Ancient Greek: Νηρηΐδες, romanized: Nērēḯdes; sg. Νηρηΐς, Nērēḯs, also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris, sisters to their brother Nerites. [1]
Tropical Storm Ione (disambiguation), one Atlantic and several Pacific Ocean hurricanes, storms and typhoons; Ione, a genus of orchids; Ione, a genus of isopod in the family Ionidae; Ione (mythology), one of the Nereids in Greek mythology
The earlier Greek form of the name was *Ἰάϝων "Iáwōn", which, with the loss of the digamma, later became Ἰάων Iáōn, [11] or plural Iáones, as seen in epic poetry. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In addition, Dionysius Periegetes , Dionysius the Voyager, of Alexandria, in his Description of the Known World ver. 416 [ clarification needed ...
In Greek mythology, Iole (/ ˈ aɪ. ə l i /; Ancient Greek: Ἰόλη) was the daughter of King Eurytus of Oechalia. [1] According to the brief epitome in the Bibliotheca, Eurytus had a beautiful young daughter named Iole who was eligible for marriage. Iole was claimed by Heracles for a bride, but Eurytus refused her hand in marriage. Iole was ...
Chione was the sister of Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace) and the Argonauts, Calaïs and Zetes. [3] According to a late, though generally accepted tradition, Chione was the mother of Poseidon's son Eumolpus whom she threw into the ocean for fear of her father's reaction; however, Eumolpus is rescued and raised by Poseidon.
In Greek antiquity, Hermione (/ h ɜːr ˈ m aɪ. ə n i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) was the daughter of Menelaus, king of Sparta, and his wife, Helen of Troy. [2] Prior to the Trojan War, Hermione had been betrothed by Tyndareus, her grandfather, [3] to her cousin Orestes, son of her uncle, Agamemnon.
In Greek mythology, Eione (Ancient Greek: Ἠιόνη means 'the shore goddess' [1]) was the Nereid of beach sand. [2] She was one of the 50 sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [3]