Cyrene

Role: nymph and huntress · First appears: Book II 5

Life events

• Apollo carries Cyrene away from Haemonia and places her among the nymphs of Libya.(Book II 5 · 📍 Libya)
  • With: Apollo
  • “But, as she guarded her flock by the river, Apollo carried her off far from Haemonia and placed her among the nymphs of the land, who dwelt in Libya near the Myrtosian height.”
• Cyrene bears Aristaeus to Apollo.(Book II 5 · 📍 Libya)
  • With: Apollo Aristaeus
  • “And here to Phoebus she bore Aristaeus whom the Haemonians, rich in corn-land, call ‘Hunter’ and ‘Shepherd’.”

Book II 5

• with Apollo (Apollo carried off Cyrene and made her a nymph.) “But, as she guarded her flock by the river, Apollo carried her off far from Haemonia and placed her among the nymphs of the land, who dwelt in Libya near the Myrtosian height.”
• child: Aristaeus “And here to Phoebus she bore Aristaeus whom the Haemonians, rich in corn-land, call ‘Hunter’ and ‘Shepherd’.”

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