Chalcis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Chalcis (/ˈkælsɪs/ KAL-siss;[1] Ancient Greek: Χαλκίς, romanized: Chalkís or Khalkis) was one of the daughters of the river-god Asopus[2] and Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon.[3]
Family
[edit]Chalcis was the sister of Pelasgus (Pelagon[4]), Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Peirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Sinope, Ornea[3] and Harpina.[5] According to others, she was the mother of the Curetes and Corybantes, the former of whom were among the earliest inhabitants of Chalcis.[6]
Mythology
[edit]The town of Chalcis in Euboea was said to have derived its name from Chalcis.[2] She may be identical with Euboea[7] or Combe[8], daughters of Asopus in some myths.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Richmond, Henry J. (1905), The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin Proper Names in English, Ann Arbor: George Wahr, p. 32, ISBN 9780857927866, archived from the original on 2016-03-04
{{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - 1 2 Eustathius ad Iliad p. 279
- 1 2 Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1.
- ↑ Apollodorus, 3.12.6.
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.73.1.
- ↑ Scholia Vict. ad Homer Iliad, 14.291; Strabo, 10 p. 447
- ↑ Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell)
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Khalkis - compare with Eustathius ad Iliad p. 279 where Combe was also called Chalcis
References
[edit]- Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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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