Thelxinoë
In Greek mythology, Thelxinoë /θɛlkˈsɪnoʊ.iː/[1] (Greek: Θελξινόη, translit. Thelxinóē; English translation: "mind charming") was a name attributed to three individuals.
- Thelxinoë, one of the sirens. Also known as or .[2]
- Thelxinoë, one of the four later recognized muses in Greek tradition. Her sisters were Aoede, Arche and Melete.[3] The moon of Jupiter Thelxinoe is named after her. Thelxinoë was one of the original four muses. She was linked with the charming of the mind as a Muse.
- Thelxinoë, one of Semele's attendants.[4]
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- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nature of the Gods from the Treatises of M.T. Cicero translated by Charles Duke Yonge (1812-1891), Bohn edition of 1878. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum. O. Plasberg. Leipzig. Teubner. 1917. Latin 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.
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