Deiopea (Cyrenid)

Dēĭŏpēa (Greek: Δηϊοπεία) is one of Juno's twice seven nymphs, she is the wondrous beauty. She is described in the Virgil's Aeneid as being praestanti corpore, i.e., having an excellent body. Juno promises her in marriage to the king of the winds, Aeolus, in return for his help in shipwrecking the Trojan refugees. [1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hyg. Fab. praef.; Verg. A. 1, 72; id. G. 4, 343. A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879. Public domain.
  2. ↑ Bloch, René (Berne). " Deiopea." Brill’s New Pauly. Brill Online , 2013
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