Cyrene (mythology)
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title:
Cyrene (mythology)
text:
Cyrene (Latin) or Kyrene, pronounced variously as or, was a figure in Greek mythology considered the etymon of the Greek colony of Cyrene in eastern Libya in North Africa. She was said to have been a Thessalian princess who became the queen of Cyrene, founded and named in her honor by Apollo. The story is entirely apocryphal, the city having been founded by settlers from Thera.
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Nymph, mother of Aristaeus by Apollo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrene_(mythology)
date created:
2002-09-01T13:12:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T21:23:52Z
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