Cerdo (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Cerdo (Ancient Greek: Κερδοῦς means 'gain, profit' or 'the wily one' or 'weasel, vixen'[1]) was the nymph-wife of King Phoroneus of Argos and mother of Apis and Niobe.[2] Otherwise, the consort of Phoroneus was called either Cinna,[3] or Teledice (or Laodice) also a nymph,[4][5] or Perimede,[6] or Peitho and Europe.[7]

According to Graves, Cerdo (‘gain or ‘art’) is one of Demeter's titles; it was applied to her as weasel, or vixen, for both are considered prophetic animals.[8]

Notes

  1. Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. The Birth of Heracles. ISBN 978-0143106715.
  2. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.21.1. Having descended thence, and having turned again to the market-place, we come to the tomb of Cerdo, the wife of Phoroneus, and to a temple of Asclepius.
  3. Hyginus, Fabulae 145
  4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.1
  5. Tzetzes on Lycophron 177
  6. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 3.28
  7. Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 932
  8. Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Phoroneus. ISBN 978-0143106715.

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