Eione (mythology)

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]

Notes

  1. Kerenyi, p. 65.
  2. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 9780786471119.
  3. Hesiod, Theogony 255; Apollodorus, 1.2.7.

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