In Greek mythology, Nonacris (Ancient Greek: Νώνακρις Nônakris) was the wife of King Lycaon of Arcadia and mother of Callisto,[1] from whom the town of Nonacris was believed to have derived its name.[2] From this town Hermes and Evander are called Nonacriates and Nonacrius, in the general sense of Arcadian.[3] Otherwise, the spouse of Lycaon was called the nymph Cyllene.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.409
  2. ^ Pausanias, 8.17.6
  3. ^ Ovid, Fasti 5.97; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Nônakris
  4. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1

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