Cymothoe (mythology)
{{Short description|Nereid in Greek mythology}}
{{Greek deities (water)}}
In Greek mythology, Cymothoë (Ancient Greek: Κυμοθόη Kymothoê means 'wave-swift'{{Cite book|last=Kerényi|first=Carl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1951|location=London|pages=55}}) was the "cerulean" NereidPropertius, Elegies [https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PropertiusBkTwo.php#anchor_Toc201112281 2.26a.16] of gentle and quiet waves.{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=94}} She was a marine-nymph daughter of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Homer, Iliad 18.41; Hesiod, Theogony 245; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
Mythology
Cymothoe and the sea-god Glaucus rescued Helle when she fell from the golden ram.Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.605
She also appeared in the account of Quintus Smyrnaeus' PosthomericaQuintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica [https://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus5.html 5.394 ff.]:
Later on, Cymothoe and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for his slain friend Patroclus.Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D18%3Acard%3D22 18.39-51]"Against the wise Prometheus bitter-wroth the Sea-maids were, remembering how that Zeus, moved by his prophecies, unto Peleus gave Thetis to wife, a most unwilling bride. Then cried in wrath to these Cymothoe: "O that the pestilent prophet had endured all pangs he merited, when, deep-burrowing, the eagle tare his liver aye renewed!"
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References
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- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
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