| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Θισβη |
Thisbê |
Thisbe |
Of the Town Thisbe |
THISBE was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the Boiotian village of Thisbe (in central Greece).
| PARENTS |
Perhaps a daughter of the River TERMESSOS
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
THISBE (Thisbê). A Boeotian nymph, from whom the town of Thisbe derived its name. (Paus. ix. 32. §2.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 32. 2 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"Thisbe, they say, was a Nymphe of the country (epikhorios), from whom the city [of Thisbe in Boiotia] has received its name."
Sources:
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
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