Ligeia (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Ligeia or Ligia (grc|Λίγεια|Lígeia|clear-toned from ligeios) may refer to two personages:

• Ligea, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea, Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^{[1] [2]} She was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene. Ligeia was described to have bright, waving locks of hair and a slender pale neck.^[3]
• Ligeia, one of the Sirens. She was the daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene^[4] or her sister Terpsichore.^[5] Ligeia's sisters were Parthenope and Leucosia^[6] or Thelxipeia and Peisinoe.^[7] She was found ashore of Terina in Bruttium (modern Calabria).^[8]

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book I translated by Ana Untila from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com
• Lycophron, The Alexandra translated by Alexander William Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Lycophron, Alexandra translated by A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
2. Book: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2013. 9780786471119. 216.
3. [Virgil]
4. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]
5. Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.40
6. [Lycophron]
7. [Suda|Suida]
8. Lycophron, 724