Apseudes (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Apseudes (Ancient Greek: Ἀψευδὴς means 'truthful' or 'the shiner'[1]) was one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][2] Her name means 'she who never lies', which like her sister Nemertes, inherited their father's quality of a god who tells the truth.[3]

Mythology

Apseudes and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for his slain friend Patroclus.[4]

Notes

  1. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 9780786471119.
  2. Homer, Iliad 18.46; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.
  3. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 66.
  4. Homer, Iliad 18.39-51

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