| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Νυμφαι Αισηπιδες |
Nymphai Aisêpides |
Nymphae Aesepides |
Nymphs of the
River Aesepus |
THE AISEPIDES (or Aesepides) were the Naiad Nymphs of the Trojan River Aisepos (in Anatolia).
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 2. 549 ff (trans. Way) (Greek epic C4th A.D.) :
"By the deep flow of Aisepos' stream [Memnon was buried], where is a fair grove of the bright-haired Nymphai, the which round his long barrow afterward Aisepos' daughters planted, screening it with many and manifold trees."
Sources:
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th AD
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