Zeuxo (Greek mythology)

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Zeuxo pours wine to Chrysippus. Interior from an Attic red-figured kylix, ca. 490-480 BC. From Capua. Zeuxo Chrysippos BM E65.jpg
Zeuxo pours wine to Chrysippus. Interior from an Attic red-figured kylix, ca. 490-480 BC. From Capua.

In Greek mythology Zeuxo ( /ˈzjks/ ; Ζευξώ) was an Oceanid. Her name appears in Hesiod's catalogue of Oceanid names; [1] no other literary mention of her survives.

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References

  1. Hesiod, Theogony , 352

See also

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