Chesias (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Chesias (Ancient Greek: Χησιὰς) was the fairest of the nymphs, described as young and noble. She was the wife of the river-god Imbrasus and by him, became the mother of Ocyrrhoe, the nymph loved by Apollo.[1]
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Note
- Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 7.283 E (citing The Founding of Naucratis by Apollonius Rhodius)
References
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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