Hieromneme

Hieromneme (/ˌhaɪərɒmˈniːmiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἱερομνημη) was a minor naiad of Asia Minor in Greek mythology. She was a daughter of the river-god Simoïs and the wife of Assaracus, by whom she bore Capys.[1] Alternately, she was the daughter-in-law of Assaracus, wife of Capys and mother of Anchises.[2]

Hieromneme's means "memory of the holy rites" from the Greek words hieros and mnêma.

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References

  1. ↑ Bibliotheca 3. 12. 2
  2. ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 1. 62. 2. According to Apollodorus, the mother of Anchises by Capys was Themiste.


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