| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Νυμφαι Κυρτωνιαι |
Nymphai Kyrtôniai |
Nymphae Cyrtoniae |
Nymphs of the
Town of Cyrtones |
THE NYMPHAI KYRTONIAI were Naiad Nymphs of the springs of the town of Kyrtone in Boiotia (central Greece).
| PARENTS |
| Perhaps daughters of the River KEPHISOS |
Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 24. 4 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"About twenty stades away from Hyettos [in Boiotia] is Kyrtones. The ancient name of the town was, they say, Kyrtone. It is built on a high mountain, and here are a temple and grove of Apollon. There are also standing images of Apollon and Artemis. There is here too a cool stream of water rising from a rock. By the spring is a sanctuary of the Nymphai, and a small grove, in which all the trees alike are cultivated."
Sources:
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
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