In Greek mythology, Dynamene (; The name is derived from the Ancient Greek word dynamene, a participle meaning "capable," "powerful," or "she who has the power".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.Homer, Iliad 18.43; Hesiod, Theogony 248; Apollodorus, 1.2.7 Her name, a participle, means "she who can, the capable one."Hesiod. 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 18.39-51Lempriere, John. Bibliotheca classica; or, A classical dictionary, p. 257
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