Oenoe (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Oenoe or Oinoe (/ˈɛnoʊ.iː/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Οἰνόη means "winy") may refer to:

• Oenoe, an Arcadian nymph, one of the nurses of infant Zeus.^[2] She is probably the same as Oenoe, possible mother of Pan by Aether,^[3] and , also a possible mother of Pan, this time by Zeus.^[4]
• Oenoe, an impious Pygmy woman, wife of and mother of Mopsus. She was changed by Hera into a crane because of her impiety; Hera also made the Pygmies start a war against cranes. Oenoe, missing her son, would still come near the house where he lived, which caused the war to go on and on.^[5] This Oenoe is otherwise known as Gerana.
• Oenoe, eponym of a deme in Attica (now Oinoi), sister of Epochus.^[6]
• Oenoe or Oenoie, Naiad nymph of the homonymous island, mother of by Thoas.^[7]
• Oenoe, a Maenad follower of Dionysus.^[8]

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• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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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