Themisto (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Themisto (; ^[1]) may refer to the following women:

• Themisto, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughter of the sea divinities Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^{[2] [3]}
• Themisto, daughter of the river god Inachus and the mother of Arcas by Zeus.^[4] In other accounts, the usual birth mother of Arcas was called Callisto, daughter of Lycaon or else Megisto, daughter of Ceteus,^[5] both women were members of the Arcadian royal family.
• Themisto, daughter of the Hyperborean king Zabius, mother of Galeos by Apollo.^[6]
• Themisto, the third and last wife of Athamas.^[7]

References

• 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. Greek text available from the same website.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. Web site: User-submitted name Themisto - Behind the Name. 2021-01-10. www.behindthename.com.
2. [Hesiod]
3. Book: [[Kerényi]], Carl. The Gods of the Greeks. Thames and Hudson. 1951. London. 65.
4. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]
5. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
6. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
7. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]