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MukalhssideV
Mykalêssides
Mycalessides
Of Mount Mycale |
THE MYKALESSIDES (or Mycalessides) were the Naiad and Oread Nymphs of Mount Mykale in Karia (Anatolia) opposite the island of Samos.
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| Perhaps daughters of the River MAIANDROS |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
MYCALE′SIDES (Mukalêsides), the mountain nymphs of Mycale. (Callim. Hymn. in Del. 50; Paus. vii. 4. § 1.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"The wave-washed breast of Parthenia (the Maiden’s Isle), not yet called Samos - where the Nymphai of Mykalessos, neighbours of Ankaios, entertained thee [the floating island Delos]." - Callimachus, Hymn IV to Delos 48
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- Callimachus, Hymns - Greek C3rd BC
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