| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Γοργυρα |
Gorgyra |
Gorgyra |
Underground drain
(gorgyra) |
| Ορφνη |
Orphnê |
Orphne |
Darkness, Night
(orphnê) |
GORGYRA was a Daimon (Spirit) or Nymphe of the underworld. She was the mother of Askalaphos, the orchardist of Haides, by the River-God Akheron.
Gorgyra may have been identified with Styx, goddess of the underworld river. Orphne, on the other hand, resembles Nyx, the netherworld-dwelling goddess of the night.
| PARENTS |
| Nowhere stated |
| OFFSPRING |
| ASKALAPHOS (by Akheron) (Apollodorus 1.33, Ovid Metamorphoses 5.539) |
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 33 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Askalaphos, the son of Akheron and Gorgyra."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 5. 539 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"Orphne's son, Ascalaphus, whom she, not the least famous of the Nymphae Avernales (Underworld Nymphs), bore once to Acheron in her dusky bower."
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses - Latin Epic C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.
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