In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of ...
, Pyrene (
Ancient Greek
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: Πυρήνη) may refer to:
* Pyrene, daughter of King
Bebrycius and a lover (or victim, depending on the myth) of
Heracles
Heracles ( ; grc-gre, Ἡρακλῆς, , glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (, ''Alkaios'') or Alcides (, ''Alkeidēs''), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.By his adopt ...
. She bore a serpent and became so terrified that she fled to the woods where she died. Heracles created a tomb for her by piling up rocks thus forming the mountain range of the
Pyrenees, named after her.
* Pyrene, also called
Pelopia In Greek mythology, Pelopia or Pelopea or Pelopeia ( Ancient Greek: Πελόπεια) was a name attributed to four individuals:
* Pelopia, a Theban princess as one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion and Niobe, daughter of King Tantalus ...
, mother of
Cycnus with
Ares.
[ Apollodorus]
2.5.11
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Notes
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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
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