Nymphe (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Nymphe refers to either:

• Nymphe, one of the twelve lesser known Horae (Hours).^[1]
• Nymphe, the nymph mother, by Zeus, of Saon (Samon), the first king of Samothrace.^[2] Otherwise, the parentage of this eponymous ruler of the island was attributed to Hermes and the nymph Rhene.^[3]

Notes

1. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
2. [Diodorus Siculus]
3. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]

References

• Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Volume III: Books 4.59-8, translated by C. H. Oldfather, Loeb Classical Library No. 340, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. . Online version at Harvard University Press. Online version by Bill Thayer.
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-2, translated by Earnest Cary, Loeb Classical Library No. 319, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1937. . Online version at Harvard University Press. Online version by Bill Thayer.
• Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae, in The Myths of Hyginus, edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. Online version at ToposText.