Lamia (daughter of Poseidon)

For other uses, see Lamia.

In Greek mythology, Lamia (/ˈleɪmiə/; Ancient Greek: Λάμια) was a daughter of Poseidon, and mother, by Zeus, of the Libyan Sibyl.[1] It was perhaps this Lamia who, according to Stesichorus, was the mother of Scylla.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Pausanias, 10.12.1; Plutarch, De Pyth. orac. 9 p. 398c; Dio Chrysostom, 37.13; Smith, "Lamia 1." ; Grimal, "Lamia 1." p. 248.
  2. ^ Stesichorus, F220 PMG; Fowler, p. 32, Gantz, p. 731.

References

  • Fowler, R. L., Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0198147411.
  • Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: ISBN 978-0-8018-5360-9 (Vol. 1), ISBN 978-0-8018-5362-3 (Vol. 2).
  • Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. "Lamia 1." p. 248.
  • Pausanias, 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Lamia 1."