Pitane (nymph)

Pitane was the Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Pitane (Laconia). A daughter of the river god Eurotas, became by Poseidon the mother of Evadne. The town of Pitane was named after her.[1]

Notes
  1. Pindar, Olympian Ode 6 ant 2 (trans. Conway) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.)


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