Dynamene

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In Greek mythology, Dynamene ( /dɪˈnæmɪniː,daɪ-/ ; Ancient Greek : Δυναμένη "the bringer" [1] ) was a Nereid or sea-nymph, one of the 50 daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [2] [3] Her name, a participle, means "she who can, the capable one." [4] She, along with her sister Pherusa, was associated with the might and power of great ocean swells. Dynamene had the ability to appear and disappear rapidly. [1] Some variations of her name were Dyomene [5] and Dinamene [6]

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Mythology

In Homer's Iliad , Dynamene and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus. [7] [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Bane, p. 117
  2. ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
  3. ↑ Homer, Iliad 18.43; Hesiod, Theogony 248; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  4. ↑ Hesiod. Theogony ll. 240-264. Retrieved 4 October 2020
  5. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus)
  6. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)
  7. ↑ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
  8. ↑ Lempriere, John. Bibliotheca classica; or, A classical dictionary, p. 257

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