Leucosia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Leucosia (Ancient Greek: Λευκωσία, romanized: Leukōsía, lit. 'white-stuff', from λευκή leukḗ, "white") was one of the Sirens. She was the daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene[1] or her sister Terpsichore.[2] Leucosia's sisters were Parthenope and Ligeia.[3][4][5][6] Leucosia's name was given to the island opposite to the Sirens' cape.[7] Her body was found on the shore of Poseidonia.[8]
Notes
- Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.14, line 339 & 348
- Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.40
- Eustathius, l.c. cit.; Strabo, Geographica 5.246, 252
- Lycophron, Alexandra 720-726
- Servius commentary on Virgil, Georgics 4.562
- Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.14, line 337 & 6.40
- Strabo, Geographica 6.1.1
- Lycophron, Alexandra 720
References
- John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book I translated by Ana Untila from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
- Lycophron, The Alexandra translated by Alexander William Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Lycophron, Alexandra translated by A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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