Thisbe (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Thisbe (Ancient Greek: Θίσβη) was a Boeotian nymph, from whom the town of Thisbe derived its name.[1] She may be the naiad of the spring, well or fountain of that town.

Note[]

  1. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.32.3

References[]

  • 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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