A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Δίρκη), a daughter of Helios and wife of Lycus. Respecting her story, see AMPHION, p. 151a. Her body was changed by Dionysus, in whose service she had been engaged, into a well on mount Cithaeron. (Hyg. Fab. 7.) A small river near Thebes likewise received its name from her. (Paus. 9.25.3.)

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