Memphis (wife of Epaphus) explained

In Greek mythology, Memphis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μέμφις), daughter of river-god Nilus, accordingly a Naiad Nymph. She was the wife to Epaphus and mother of Libya and possibly Lysianassa.^[1] She and her husband were the legendary founders of Memphis, which bears her name.^[2] Some writers called Epaphus' wife Cassiopeia.^[3]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 2.5.11
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Hyginus]

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.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Scolia eis Lycophroon, edited by Christian Gottfried Müller, Sumtibus F.C.G. Vogelii, 1811. Internet Archive.