Dynamene
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In Greek mythology, Dynamene ({{IPAc-en|d|ᵻ|ˈ|n|æ|m|ᵻ|n|iː|,_|d|aɪ|-}}; {{langx|grc|Δυναμένη}} "the bringer"Bane, p. 117) was a Nereid or sea-nymph, one of the 50 daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.{{Cite book|last=Kerényi|first=Carl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|publisher=Thames and Hudson|year=1951|location=London|pages=64}}Homer, Iliad 18.43; Hesiod, Theogony 248; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 Her name, a participle, means "she who can, the capable one."Hesiod. [https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/theogony.htm Theogony ll. 240-264]. Retrieved 4 October 2020 She, along with her sister Pherusa, was associated with the might and power of great ocean swells. Dynamene had the ability to appear and disappear rapidly. Some variations of her name were DyomeneHyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus) and DinameneHyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
Mythology
In Homer's Iliad, Dynamene and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D18%3Acard%3D22 18.39-51]Lempriere, John. Bibliotheca classica; or, A classical dictionary, p. 257
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References
- {{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa| title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers| year=2013| isbn=9780786471119}}
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
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