| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ανιππη |
Anippê |
Anippe |
Royal-Mare
(anassa, hippos) |
ANIPPE was a Naiad Nymph of the River Nile in Egypt who was loved by the god Poseidon. Their son was the barbarous King Bousiris who was vanquished by Herakles.
| PARENTS |
| NEILOS (Plutarch Parallel Stories 38) |
| OFFSPRING |
| BOUSIRIS (by Poseidon) (Plutarch Parallel Stories 38) |
Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek and Roman Parallel Stories 38 (trans. Babbitt) (Greek historian C2nd A.D.) :
"Bousiris [King of Aigyptos (Egypt)], the son of Poseidon and Anippe, daughter of Neilos (the River Nile), with treacherous hospitality was wont to sacrifice such persons as passed his way . . . So says Agathon of Samos."
Sources:
- Plutarch, Greek & Roman Parallel Stories - Greek Historian C1st-2nd AD
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