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Samia
Samia
Of Samos (island) |
SAMIA was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the main town of the island of Samos.
She was a daughter of the mainland river Maiandros, and the wife of Ankaios, the island's first king.
| PARENTS |
| MAIANDROS (Pausanias 7.4.1) |
| OFFSPRING |
| PERILAUS, ENUDOS, SAMOS, ALITHERSES, PARTHENOPE (by Ankaios) (Pausanias 7.4.1) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
SA′MIA (Samia), a daughter of the river-god Maeander, and wife of Ancaeus, by whom she became the mother of Samos. (Paus. vii. 4. § 2.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"Ankaios took to wife Samia, the daughter of the river Maiandros, and begat Perilaus, Enudos, Samos, Alitherses and a daughter Parthenope." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 7.4.1
Sources:
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
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