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Orneh Ornea
Orneê, Ornea
Of Orneai (town) |
ORNEA was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Orneai in Sikyonia (southern Greece).
"Asopos made his home in Phlios, where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos and Ismenos, and twelve daughters, Korkyra and Salamis, also Aigina, Peirene, and Kleone, then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis." - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.72.1
Sources:
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC
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