Pitane (nymph)

Pitane was the Naiad-nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Pitane (Laconia).

Greek deities series
Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Mycenaean deities Personified concepts Other deities
Nymphs
Alseid Auloniad Aurai Crinaeae Dryads Eleionomae Hamadryads Hesperides Hyades Lampads Leuce Limnades Meliae Melinoë Minthe Naiads Napaeae Nephele Nereids Oceanids Oreads Pegaeae Pegasides Pleiades Potamides Semystra Thriae

A daughter of the river god Eurotas, became by Poseidon the mother of Evadne. The town of Pitane was named after her.[1]

Notes

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

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