Editing Lycorias

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lycorias''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Λυκωριάς) was the "yellow haired" [[Nereids|Nereid]],<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Georgics]]'' 4.339</ref> one of the fifty marine-[[nymph]] daughters of '[[Old Man of the Sea]]' [[Nereus]] and the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] [[Doris (Oceanid)|Doris]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface</ref><ref>This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil's ''Georgics'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi002.perseus-eng1:4.333-4.386 4.339] which suggests that Lycorias was a [[naiad]], more likely an [[Oceanids|Oceanid]], rather than a Nereid.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=222}}</ref>

== Mythology ==
Lycorias was mentioned by [[Virgil]] as one of the nymphs in the train of [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]]<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' 4.333 ff.</ref><blockquote>"But from her chamber in the river depth the mother heard his cry. Around her the Nymphs carded Milesian fleeces stained with rich sea-dyes, Drymo and Xantho, Ligea and Phyllodoce, their bright tresses falling loose over their snowy necks; and Cydippe and golden-haired Lycorias, the one a maiden, the other even then knowing the first throes of travail; and Clio and Beroë her sister, both daughters of Ocean, both"</blockquote>

== Notes ==

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== References ==

* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Bucolics'', ''Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0058 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].

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