In Greek mythology, Hyrmine (/hərˈmaɪni/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ὑρμίνη Hyrmínē [hyːrmínɛː]) or Hyrmina was an Elean princess. The town of Hyrmine, named after her, was founded by her son Actor.[2][3]

Family

Hyrmina was the daughter of Neleus,[3] Nycteus, or, according to others, of Epeius and Anaxiroe, and the sister of Alector (though others assert she was an only child). She was married to Phorbas and became the mother of the Argonauts Augeas,[4] Actor,[5] Tiphys[6] and a daughter, Diogeneia.[7]

The natural father of Augeas by her may have been Helios.[8] Otherwise, Helios and Nausidame[9] or Eleios[10] or Poseidon[4] were called the parents of Augeas.

Notes

  1. ^ Kopff, E. Christian; Jordan, Herbert (2014). Homer: The Iliad. United States: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 493. ISBN 9780806185767.
  2. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.172; Pausanias, 5.1.11
  3. ^ a b Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 538. ISBN 9780241983386.
  4. ^ a b Apollodorus, 2.5.5
  5. ^ Pausanias, 5.1.11
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  7. ^ Eustathius of Thessalonica on Homer, pp. 303 & 1598
  8. ^ Eustathius on Homer p. 303; Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.172
  9. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  10. ^ Pausanias, 5.1.9

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Hyrmine". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 545.

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