Cyllene (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Cyllene (; ), also spelled Kyllene () may refer to two characters:

Cyllene, an Arcadian oread (mountain-nymph) who gave her name to the Mt. Cyllene. She nursed the infant god Hermes, who was born on Mt. Cyllene. She became the wife of PelasgusHyginus, Fabulae 225 by whom she bore the impious king, Lycaon.Apollodorus, 3.8.1; Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 1642 Otherwise, the latter's mother was either the Oceanid MeliboeaApollodorus, 3.8.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481 or Deianira, daughter of another Lycaon.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.11.2 & 1.13.1; Greek Papyri III No. 140b In some accounts, Cyllene was instead the wife of LycaonDionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1 but in others versions of the myth, his wife was called Nonacris.Pausanias, 8.17.6 Cyllene, an Arcadian daughter of Menephron who was raped by her father.Hyginus, Fabulae 253 In some accounts, Menephon was the son who ravished his mother Cyllene.Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.386

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