Strophia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Strophia (Ancient Greek: Στροφίη) was a naiad nymph of a spring on Thebes.
Family
Strophia was the daughter of the Boeotian river-god Ismenus.Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 76 She was sister to DirceEuripides, Heracles 784; Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 76; Nonnus, 44.10 and possibly of other naiads: CrocaleOvid, Metamorphoses 3.171 and Ismenis.Statius, Thebaid 9.319 The younger Linus, music teacher of Heracles, was probably her brother as well.Pausanias, 9.29.9
Mythology
Strophia was only mentioned in the account of Callimachus as one of the rivers and springs that fled from the pregnant goddess Leto in fear of Hera's wrath if they provide refuge for her.
:"Fled, too, Aonia (Boeotia) on the same course, and Dirke and Strophia, holding the hands of their sire, dark-pebbled Ismenos.”Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 75-77
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