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PHASEIDES
 

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FaseideV
Phaseides
Of the Phasis (river)

THE PHASEIDES were the Naiad Nymphs of the marshes and streams of the River Phasis in Kolkhis on the Black Sea.

PARENTS
Presumably daughters of the River PHASIS

"The whole meadow trembled under her [Hekate's] feet, and the Nymphai Heleionomai (of marsh) and Potameides (or river) who haunt the fens by Amarantian Phasis cried out in fear." - Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 3.1219


Sources:

  • Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Greek Epic C3rd BC