Editing Terpsichore (section)

== Family ==
According to [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'', [[Zeus]] lay with the [[Titans|Titan]] [[Mnemosyne]] each night for nine nights in [[Piera]], producing the nine Muses.<ref>Gantz, p. 54; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:53-62 53&ndash;62], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:901-937 915&ndash;7].</ref>

According to [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], Terpsichore was the mother of the [[Siren (mythology)|Sirens]] by the river god [[Achelous]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' [https://archive.org/details/argonautica00apoluoft/page/354/mode/2up?view=theater 4.893 (pp. 354, 355)]; so too [[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca01nonnuoft/page/452/mode/2up?view=theater 13.313&ndash;5 (pp. 452, 453)]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades,'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades1.html#14 1.14], line 338 & 348.</ref> The ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' mentions her as the mother of the [[Thracians|Thracian]] king [[Biston]] by [[Ares]].<ref>''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'', [https://archive.org/details/etymologikontome00etymuoft/page/n109/mode/2up?view=theater 197.59 (p. 179)].</ref> According to the Byzantine scholar [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]], Terpsichore was the mother of the Thracian king [[Rhesus of Thrace|Rhesus]] by the river god [[Strymon (mythology)|Strymon]].<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' p. 817.{{verify source|date=June 2023}}</ref>