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


*Calyce, a daughter of [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] and [[Enarete]].<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> Some sources state that she was the mother of [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], king of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], by her husband [[Aethlius]], king of Elis<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 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 make her mother, not wife, of Aethlius (again by Zeus), and omit her giving birth to [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' fr. 10(a) and 245 (quoted in [[scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'', 4. 57).</ref>
*Calyce, a daughter of [[Aeolus (son of Hellen)|Aeolus]] and [[Enarete]].<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> Some sources state that she was the mother of [[Endymion (mythology)|Endymion]], king of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]], by her husband [[Aethlius]], 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 make her mother, not wife, of Aethlius (again by Zeus), and omit 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, one of the [[Nysiads]], the [[Nymph|nymphs]] who nursed [[Dionysus]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 14.219 ff & 29.251</ref>
*Calyce, one of the [[Nysiads]], the [[Nymph|nymphs]] who nursed [[Dionysus]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 14.219 ff. & 29.251</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]], ''Alexandra'' 232</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'' 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, 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]], ''[[Deipnosophistae]]'' 14.11, referring to [[Stesichorus]]</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>
*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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In Greek mythology, Calyce (Ancient Greek: Καλύκη Kalyke) or Calycia is the name of several characters.

  • Calyce, a daughter of Aeolus and Enarete.[1] Some sources state that she was the mother of Endymion, king of Elis, by her husband Aethlius, king of Elis[2] or by Zeus.[3] Other sources make her mother, not wife, of Aethlius (again by Zeus), and omit her giving birth to Endymion.[4]
  • Calyce, one of the Nysiads, the nymphs who nursed Dionysus.[5]
  • Calyce, mother of Poseidon's son Cycnus.[6] 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.[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

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.3
  2. ^ Pausanias, 5.1.2
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.5
  4. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a) and 245 (quoted in scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.57).
  5. ^ Nonnus, 14.219 ff. & 29.251
  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
  9. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 32
  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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