Orphne

In Greek mythology, Orphne (/ˈɔːrfniː/; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφνή, romanized: Orphnḗ, from ὄρφνη, órphnē, 'darkness'), also known as Styx (/ˈstɪks/; Στύξ, Stýx) or Gorgyra (/ˈɡɔːrdʒərə/; Γόργυρα, Górgyra, from γοργύρα, gorgýra, 'underground drain'),[1] was a nymph that lived in Hades. With Acheron, she mothered Ascalaphus.[2]

"Gorgyra" redirects here. For the butterfly genus, see Gorgyra (skipper).
For the moth genus, see Sciadia.

Orphne also seems to be one translation of the name of the Roman goddess Caligo (Darkness).[3]

Notes
  1. Fontenrose, p. 287.
  2. Fontenrose, p. 287; Apollodorus, 1.5.3; Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.539–41.
  3. Fontenrose, p. 223.

References
  • Apollodorus, Apollodorus. The Library, Volume I: Books 1-3.9, translated by James G. Frazer, Loeb Classical Library No. 121, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1921. ISBN 978-0-674-99135-4. Online version at Harvard University Press. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Fontenrose, Joseph Eddy (1959), Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins, University of California Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-520-04091-5. Google Books.
  • Ovid, Metamorphoses, edited and translated by Brookes More, Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co., 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Online version at ToposText.
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