Lycorias Explained

In Greek mythology, Lycorias (Ancient Greek: Λυκωριάς) was the "yellow haired" Nereid,^[1] one of the fifty marine-nymph daughters of 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Mythology

Lycorias was mentioned by Virgil as one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene^[5]

"But from her chamber in the river depth the mother heard his cry. Around her the Nymphs carded Milesian fleeces stained with rich sea-dyes, Drymo and Xantho, Ligea and Phyllodoce, their bright tresses falling loose over their snowy necks; and Cydippe and golden-haired Lycorias, the one a maiden, the other even then knowing the first throes of travail; and Clio and Beroë her sister, both daughters of Ocean, both"

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.
• 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. [Virgil]
2. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
3. This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil's Georgics 4.339 which suggests that Lycorias was a naiad, more likely an Oceanid, rather than a Nereid.
4. Book: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2013. 9780786471119. 222.
5. Virgil, Georgics 4.333 ff.