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

(Σμύρνα), a daughter of Theias and Oreithya, or of Cinyras and Cenchreis : she is also called Myrrhe, and is said to have given the name to the town of Smyrna. (Apollod. 3.14.4; Ov. Met. 10.435; Ant. Lib. 34). Strabo (xiv. p.633) mentions an Amazon who bore the same name.

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