Hyria (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Hyria (Ancient Greek: Ὑρίη) or Hyrie, also called Thyria or Thyrie (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θυρίη|Thurie) was the Aetolian daughter of Amphinomus^[1] and mother, by Apollo, of Cycnus.

Mythology

Hyrie grieved much for her son's death, not knowing he had been transformed into a swan; so she melted away in tears or, as others say, threw herself into a lake (Hyria) and was herself turned into a swan.^[2]

See also

• Aëdon
• Olenus
• Phene (mythology)

Notes

1. [Antoninus Liberalis]
2. Antoninus Liberalis, 12; Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.371 ff.

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.