Penelope (dryad)

In Greek mythology Penelope or Penelopeia is a dryad, the daughter of Dryops. She resides on mount Kyllene in Arcadia and is the mother of the god Pan or of Nomios (this is a title of Pan) by Hermes. [1][2][3]

This particular Penelope is sometimes confused with her namesake, Penelope, the wife and queen of Odysseus, in stories in which she is said to be the mother of Pan. [4]

References

  1. ↑ The Homeric Hymns: Hymn to Pan
  2. ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca,
  3. ↑ Hyginus Fabulae, 224
  4. ↑ Apollodorus, The Library E.7.38
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