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Ianthe (mythology)

Summary

In Greek mythology, Ianthe (Ancient Greek: Ἰάνθη Ianthê) or Janthe[1] was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[2][3][4] Her name means ‘she who delights’,[5] or probably from ianthên 'heat' or ianthos 'violet'.

Mythology edit

Along with her sisters, Ianthe was one of the companions of Persephone when the daughter of Demeter was abducted by Hades.[6]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 349
  3. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
  4. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 188. ISBN 9780786471119.
  5. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 337-370, f.n. 1: "Goettling notes that most Oceanids are called after some quality which their streams possessed."
  6. ^ Homeric Hymn to Demeter 418; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.30.4

References edit

  • Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
  • 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.