Prosymna (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Prosymna ( from prosymneô meaning 'celebrate in song') was one of the Argive daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Euboea, were the nurses of Hera.Pausanias, 2.17.1. The town of Prosymna which is beneath Heraion was named after the nymph.Pausanias, 2.17.2.

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References Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.