Editing Benthesikyme

{{Short description|Daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Benthesikyme''' or '''Benthesicyme''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ɛ|n|θ|ə|'|s|ɪ|s|ɪ|m|iː}};<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newcenturyclassi00aver/page/216/mode/2up |page=216 |title=New Century Classical Handbook |first=Catherine B. |last=Avery |publisher=Appleton-Century-Crofts |location=New York |year=1962}}</ref> {{langx|grc|Βενθεσικύμη|Benthesikýmē}}) was, according to the mythographer [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], a daughter of [[Poseidon]] and [[Amphitrite]], and the foster mother of [[Eumolpus]].<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA105 p. 105].</ref> After [[Chione (daughter of Boreas)|Chione]] slept with [[Poseidon]], she gave birth to Eumolpus, but, to avoid the detection of her father, she threw the infant into the sea. Poseidon rescued the child, and gave it to Benthesikyme to raise.<ref>Gantz, p. 244; Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA370 p. 370]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.4 3.15.4].</ref> Once Eumolpus had grown up, Benthesikyme's husband gave to him one of their own two daughters; he was later expelled for attempting to violate the other of their daughters.<ref>Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA370 p. 370]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.4 3.15.4].</ref>

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== References ==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same webs]
* [[Timothy Gantz|Gantz, Timothy]], ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5360-9}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|978-0-8018-5362-3}} (Vol. 2).
*Hard, Robin, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"'', Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books].

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