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MYKALESSIDES
 

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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.

PARENTS
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.

"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


Sources:

  • Callimachus, Hymns - Greek C3rd BC