Pompholyge

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In Greek mythology, Pompholyge (Ancient Greek: Πομφολύγην) was the mother of Asia and Libye by Oceanus, the Titan god of the sea.[1] Asia is often counted as one of the Oceanids.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 894 (Gk text); Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000, p. 42; Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls Pompholyge, a name found nowhere else, an ad hoc invention.)
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 1.2.2

References[edit]

  • Robert L. Fowler, Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. 2013.