Cynthia

A surname of Artemis, after Mount Cynthus on Delos, the island where she was born. Similarly, Apollo was named Cynthius.

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References

Sources

  • Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • Callimachus. Hymn to Delos, 10.
  • Horace. Carmina i, 21.2; iii, 28.12.
  • Lucan, i, 218.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.