Morpho

Or the fair shaped, occurs as a surname of Aphrodite at Sparta.

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Iconography

Morpho was represented in a sitting posture, with her head covered, and her feet fettered.

References

Sources

  • Lycophron. Alexandra, 449.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 15.8.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.