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PHIGALIA

Greek Name

Φιγαλια

Transliteration

Phigalia

Latin Spelling

Phigalia

Translation

Of Phigalia (town)

PHIGALIA was the Dryad-nymph eponym of the town of Phigalia in Arkadia (southern Greece).


PARENTS

Nowhere stated


ENCYCLOPEDIA

PHIGA′LIA (Phigalia), a Dryad, from whom the town of Phigalia was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. viii. 39. § 2; Strab. viii. p. 348.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Pausanias, Description of Greece 8. 39. 3 (trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) :
"Others have said that Phigalia [eponym of the Arkadian town of Phigalia] was one of the Nymphai (Nymphs) called Dryades."


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