Nicaea (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/ ny-SEE-ə) or Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, romanized: Níkaia, pronounced [nǐːkai̯a]) is a Naiad nymph ("the Astacid nymph", as referred to by Nonnus) of the springs or fountain of the ancient Greek colony of Nicaea in Bithynia (in northwestern Asia Minor) or else the goddess of the adjacent lake Ascanius. She is the daughter of the river-god Sangarius and the mother-goddess Cybele.[1] By the god of wine, Dionysus, she mothered Telete (consecration) and Satyrus, as well as other children.