Callianassa (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Callianassa (Ancient Greek: Καλλιάνασσα Kallianassa means 'lovely queen' or 'beautiful queen'[1]) was one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2][3]

Mythology

Callianassa and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for his slain friend Patroclus.[4]

Notes

  1. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 74. ISBN 9780786471119.
  2. Homer, Iliad 18.46; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  3. Vollmer, Wilhelm. (1874). Wörterbuch der Mythologie. Stuttgart, p. 120.
  4. Homer, Iliad 18.39-51

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