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In Greek mythology, Abarbaree or Abarbarea ( Ancient Greek: Ἀβαρβαρέα means 'unmuddy' [1]) was a naiad nymph and one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Callirrhoe and Drosera. These nymphs were joined to sons of the soil ( autochthonous) by the god Eros who was angered by their chastity. [2] She was not to be confused with another Abarbarea, the wife of Bucolion.
Mythology
In Nonnus' Dionysiaca. Abarbarea was mentioned in the following text:
There, Lord Dionysos, I have told you of the soilbred race of the Earthborn, self born, Olympian, that you might know how the Tyrian breed of your ancestors sprang out of the earth. Now I will speak of the fountains. In the olden days they were chaste maidens primeval, but hot Eros was angered against their maiden girdles, and drawing a shaft of love he spoke thus to the marriage-hating nymphs: '"Naiad Abarbarea, so fond of your maidenhood, you too receive this shaft, which all nature has felt. Here I will build Callirhoe's bridechamber, here I will sing Drosera's wedding hymn ... and from his [i.e. Eros] backbent bow let fly three shots. Then in that watery bower he joined in love sons of the soil to the Naiads, and sowed the divine race of your family." [3]
Note
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 9. ISBN 9780786471119.
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Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 40.535 ff.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
- ^ "NONNUS, DIONYSIACA". topostext.org. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
References
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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