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In Greek mythology, Calyce (Ancient Greek: Καλύκη Kalyke) or Calycia is the name of several characters.

Calyce, one of the Nysiads, the nymphs who nursed Dionysus.^[1]
Calyce, a Thessalian princess as the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia and Enarete, daughter of Deimachus.^[2] She was the sister of Athamas, Cretheus, Deioneus, Magnes, Perieres, Salmoneus, Sisyphus, Alcyone, Canace, Perimede and Peisidice. Some sources stated that Calyce was the mother of Endymion, king of Elis, by her husband Aethlius, former king of Elis^[3] or by Zeus.^[4] Other sources made her the mother, not the wife, of Aethlius (again by Zeus), and omitted her giving birth to Endymion.^[5]
Calyce, mother of Poseidon's son Cycnus.^[6] She was given as the daughter of Hecaton. Cycnus was born in secret, and left to die on the coast, but went on to become a king.^[7] In some accounts, the mother of Cycnus was called Harpale^[8] or Scamandrodice^[9] or lastly, an unnamed Nereid.^[10]
Calyce, a chaste maiden who was in love with one Euathlus and prayed to Aphrodite that she may become his wife rather than mistress. Nevertheless, Euathlus rejected her and she threw herself off a cliff.^[11]
Calyce, a maenad named in a vase painting.^[12]

Modern references

The lunar crater Kalyke is named after the first Kalyke, as is a moon of Jupiter.

Notes

^ Nonnus, 14.219 ff. & 29.251
^ Apollodorus, 1.7.3
^ Pausanias, 5.1.2
^ Apollodorus, 1.7.5
^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a) and 245 (quoted in scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.57).
^ Hyginus, Fabulae 157
^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. Author: Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893.
^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.147
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 32
^ Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 78.
^ Athenaeus, 14.11 referring to Stesichorus
^ Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. Vol. 2. pp. 66.

References

Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Athenaeus of Naucratis. The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Athenaeus of Naucratis. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Nonnus, 14.219 ff. & 29.251

[2] Apollodorus, 1.7.3

[3] Pausanias, 5.1.2

[4] Apollodorus, 1.7.5

[5] Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a) and 245 (quoted in scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.57).

[6] Hyginus, Fabulae 157

[7] A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. Author: Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893.

[8] Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.147

[:1-9] Tzetzes on Lycophron, 32

[:2-10] Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 78.

[11] Athenaeus, 14.11 referring to Stesichorus

[12] Walters, Henry Beauchamp (1905). History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch. Vol. 2. pp. 66.

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 *Calyce, one of the [[Nysiads]], the [[Nymph|nymphs]] who nursed [[Dionysus]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 14.219 ff. & 29.251</ref>
-*Calyce, a [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessalian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] of Aeolia and [[Enarete]], daughter of [[Deïmachus (mythology)|Deimachus]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Orseis 1.7.3]</ref>. She was the sister of [[Athamas]], [[Cretheus]], [[Deioneus]], [[Magnes (son of Aeolus)|Magnes]], [[Perieres (king of Messenia)|Perieres]], [[Salmoneus]], [[Sisyphus]], [[Alcyone and Ceyx|Alcyone]], [[Canace]], [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]] and [[Pisidice|Peisidice]].  Some sources stated that Calyce was the mother of [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], king of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], by her husband [[Aethlius]], former king of Elis<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 5.1.2</ref> or by [[Zeus]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Calyce 1.7.5]</ref> Other sources made her the mother, not the wife, of Aethlius (again by Zeus), and omitted her giving birth to [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 10(a) and 245 (quoted in [[scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.57).</ref>
+*Calyce, a [[Ancient Thessaly|Thessalian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] of Aeolia and [[Enarete]], daughter of [[Deïmachus (mythology)|Deimachus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Orseis 1.7.3]</ref> She was the sister of [[Athamas]], [[Cretheus]], [[Deioneus]], [[Magnes (son of Aeolus)|Magnes]], [[Perieres (king of Messenia)|Perieres]], [[Salmoneus]], [[Sisyphus]], [[Alcyone and Ceyx|Alcyone]], [[Canace]], [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]] and [[Pisidice|Peisidice]].  Some sources stated that Calyce was the mother of [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], king of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], by her husband [[Aethlius]], former king of Elis<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 5.1.2</ref> or by [[Zeus]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.7.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=1:chapter=7&highlight=Calyce 1.7.5]</ref> Other sources made her the mother, not the wife, of Aethlius (again by Zeus), and omitted her giving birth to [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 10(a) and 245 (quoted in [[scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 4.57).</ref>
-*Calyce, mother of [[Poseidon]]'s son [[Cycnus]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 157</ref> She is given as the daughter of [[Hecaton]]. Cycnus was born in secret, and left to die on the coast, but went on to become a king.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&idno=acl3129.0001.001&q1=Calyce&frm=frameset&view=text&seq=924 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. Author: Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893.]</ref> In some accounts, the mother of Cycnus was called [[Harpale (mythology)|Harpale]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 2.147</ref> or [[Scamandrodice (mythology)|Scamandrodice]]<ref name=":1">[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 32</ref> or lastly, an unnamed [[Nereid]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Murray|first=John|title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index|year=1833|location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=78}}</ref>
+*Calyce, mother of [[Poseidon]]'s son [[Cycnus]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#157 157]</ref> She was given as the daughter of [[Hecaton]]. Cycnus was born in secret, and left to die on the coast, but went on to become a king.<ref>[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&idno=acl3129.0001.001&q1=Calyce&frm=frameset&view=text&seq=924 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. Author: Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893.]</ref> In some accounts, the mother of Cycnus was called [[Harpale (mythology)|Harpale]]<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 2.147</ref> or [[Scamandrodice (mythology)|Scamandrodice]]<ref name=":1">[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 32</ref> or lastly, an unnamed [[Nereid]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Murray|first=John|title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index|year=1833|location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=78}}</ref>
 *Calyce, a chaste maiden who was in love with one [[Euathlus (mythology)|Euathlus]] and prayed to [[Aphrodite]] that she may become his wife rather than mistress. Nevertheless, Euathlus rejected her and she threw herself off a cliff.<ref>[[Athenaeus]], 14.11 referring to [[Stesichorus]]</ref>
 *Calyce, a [[maenad]] named in a vase painting.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walters|first=Henry Beauchamp|url=|title=History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch|year=1905|volume=2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofancient02walt/page/66/mode/2up/ 66]}}</ref>
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 * [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
 * [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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-[[Category:Characters in Greek mythology]]
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+[[Category:Nereids]]