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NAIAS PARTHENIA
 

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Parqenia

Naias Parthenia
Of the Parthenius (river)

THE NAIAS PARTHENIA was an unnamed Naiad Nymph of the River Parthenios in Paphlagonia (Anatolia). She was the mother of a hero who fought in the Trojan war against the Greeks.

PARENTS

PARTHENIOS (Quintus Smyrnaeus 6.464)

OFFSPRING

KLEITOS (by Agamestor) (Quintus Smyrnaeus 6.464)


"Agamestor's son Kleitos, a bright-haired Nymphe had given him birth beside Parthenios [a stream of the Troad], whose quiet stream fleets smooth as oil through green lands, till it pours its shining ripples to the Euxine sea." - Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 6.464


Sources:

  • Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy - Greek Epic C4th AD