| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
Ἑροφιλη
Ἑροφιλος |
Herophilê
Herophilos |
Herophile
Herophilos |
Friend of Heroes
(heros, philos) |
HEROPHILE was a Haliad nymph daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite. She was a sister of the sea-goddess Rhode.
She may have been the same as the Delphian Sibyl Herophile, who is named as a daughter of Zeus and Lamia.
Sources:
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Bio. and Myth. - English Encyclopedia C19th A.D.
Other references not currently quoted here : Scholiast on Pindar's Pythian 8.24
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