Sinoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Sinoe (Ancient Greek: Σινόης Sinoê means 'mischievous' from sinos) was an oread nymph of Mount Sinoe in Arcadia. She was one of the nurse to the infant god, Pan. The latter was then surnamed as Sinoeis after her.[1][2]

Note

Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.30.2; Kent, Mythological Dictionary 89-90
Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 306. ISBN 9780786471119.

References

Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.30.2; Kent, Mythological Dictionary 89-90

[2] Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 306. ISBN 9780786471119.