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Cyllene (nymph)

This article is about the nymph in Greek mythology. For other uses, see Kyllini (disambiguation).
Marble relief with Artemis, Apollo, Hermes and Cyllene, Odesa Archaeological Museum.
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In Greek mythology, Cyllene (/saɪˈliːniː/; Ancient Greek: Κυλλήνη, romanized: Kullḗnē pronounced [kyllɛ̌ːnɛ]), also spelled Kyllene (/kaɪˈliːniː/), is the Naiad[1] or Oread nymph[citation needed] and the personification of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, the region in Greece where the god of travelers and shepherds Hermes was born and brought up.[2][3] In some versions Cyllene is said to have been Hermes' nurse while he was growing up.[4]

  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1; Suda, s.v. Kyllene (Κυλλήνη)
  2. ^ Smith, s.v. Cyllene
  3. ^ Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 4.252
  4. ^ Grimal 1987, s.v. Cyllene.

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