| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Ναιας Χιας |
Naias Khias |
Naiad |
Naiad of Chios |
THE NAIAS KHIAS was an unnamed Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Agelos-Melas on the Aegean island of Khios (Chios). She was loved by the god Poseidon.
Another Naias Khias presided over the springs of Khios, the island's main town.
| PARENTS |
| Perhaps the daughter of a local RIVER-GOD |
| OFFSPRING |
| AGELOS, MELAS (by Poseidon) (Pausanias 7.4.8) |
Pausanias, Description of Greece 7. 4. 8 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"Ion [tragic poet C5th B.C.] says that Poseidon had intercourse with another [Khian] Nymphe, by whom he had Agelos and Melas."
Sources:
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
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