In Greek mythology, Nonacris (Ancient Greek: Νώνακρις or Νωνακρίς, romanized: Nônakris; pronounced /noːˈnaː.krɪs/ or /noʊˈneɪkrɪs/, No-NAH-kris) was the wife of King Lycaon of Arcadia and mother of Callisto,[1] from whom the town of Nonacris was believed to have derived its name.[2] From this town Hermes and Evander are called Nonacriates and Nonacrius, in the general sense of Arcadian.[3] Otherwise, the spouse of Lycaon was called the nymph Cyllene.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.409
- ↑ Pausanias, 8.17.6
- ↑ Ovid, Fasti 5.97; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Nônakris
- ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
References
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti translated by James G. Frazer. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.