Cysseis

Role: Nyseian Nymph · First appears: Fable 34

Life events

• The Nyseian Nymphs conceal Bacchus in caves and nourish him with milk.(Fable34)
  • With: Nysa Erato Eryphia Bromia Polyhymnia Bacchus
  • “After that, the Nyseian Nymphs[65] conceal him, entrusted {to them}, in their caves, and give him the nourishment of milk.”

Fable 34

• ward: Bacchus (Cysseis is one of the named Nymphs who brought up Bacchus.) “The tradition was, that there the Nyseian Nymphs, whose names were Cysseis, Nysa, Erato, Eryphia, Bromia, and Polyhymnia, brought up Bacchus.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.