Deino (mythology)

"Deino" redirects here. For the Pokémon, see Deino (Pokémon). For the prefix "deino-", see List of commonly used taxonomic affixes.

In Greek mythology, Dino or Deino (Ancient Greek: Δεινώ means "dread" or "eddy, whirlpool") may refer to the following divinities:

• Deino, also called Persis,^[1] one of the Graea who were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto.^[2] Her sisters were called Enyo and Pemphredo.^[3] They were old women from birth and had one eye and one tooth, and these they passed to each other in turn.
• Deino, a Malian naiad nymph who consorted with the Potamoi Sperchius and gave birth to the Spercheides including Diopatra who was loved by Poseidon.^[4]

Notes

1. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
2. Apollodorus, 2.4.2
3. Hesiod, Theogony 270-274
4. Antoninus Liberalis, 22

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.