| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ναιας Ηλειας |
Naias Êleias |
Naiad Eleias |
Elean Naiad |
THE NAIAS ELEIAS was an unnamed Naiad Nymph of a well or fountain of the town of Elis (southern Greece). She was the wife of that town's founding king, Endymion.
| PARENTS |
| Perhaps a daughter of the River ALPHEIOS |
| OFFSPRING |
| AITOLOS (by Endymion) (Apollodorus 1.57) |
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 57 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Endymion and a Naias Nymphe [of Elis] were parents of Aitolos (Aetolus)."
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
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