Borysthenis

In Greek mythology, Borysthenis (Ancient Greek: Βορυσθενίς) may refer to two distinct individuals:

Borysthenes, one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Apollonis and Cephisso.[1]
Borysthenis, daughter of Borysthenes, god of the Dneper River in Scythia (modern Ukraine) who mothered Targitaus by Zeus.[2][3]

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Other deities
Personified concepts
Achlys Adikia Alala Algos Amphillogiai Androktasiai Angelia Apate Atë Bia Charites Dike Dysnomia Epiales Eris Eros Harmonia Hedone Homados Horae Horkos Hypnos Hysminai Kratos Kydoimos Lampetia Limos Machai Metis Mnemosyne Moirai Neikea Nemesis Nike Palioxis Phaethusa Phonoi Polemos Ponos Proioxis Thanatos Themis Zelus

Notes

Eumelus fr. 35 as cited from Tzetzes on Hesiod, 23
Braund, edited by David; Kryzhitskiy, S.D. (2007). Classical Olbia and the Scythian world : from the sixth century BC to the second century AD (1. publ. ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9780197264041.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
Herodotus, Histories 4.5.1

Reference

Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. ISBN 0-674-99133-8. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.

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