Cerebia

In Greek mythology, Cerebia (Ancient Greek: Κερεβια) was the mother of the fisherman Dictys and Polydectes, king of Seriphos by the sea-god Poseidon.[1] Otherwise, the parents of these sons were Magnes and an unnamed naiad[2][3] or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, daughter of Pericastor.[4]

Notes

  1. Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 838
  2. Apollodorus, 1.9.6
  3. Gantz, Timothy (1993). Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Ancient Sources. London: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0-8018-4410-X.
  4. Scholia on Apollonius RhodiusArgonautica 4.1091

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.