Chalcis (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Chalcis or Khalkis (/ˈkælsɪs/ KAL-siss;^[1] Ancient Greek: Χαλκίς) was a naiad as one of the daughters of the river-god Asopus and Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon.^[2] Her name means "a brazen pot" from χαλκόν chalcon "bronze".

Family

Chalcis was the sister of Pelasgus (Pelagon^[3]), Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Peirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespia, Asopis, Sinope, Ornea^[2] and Harpina.^[4] According to others, she was the mother of the Curetes and Corybantes, the former of whom were among the earliest inhabitants of Chalcis.^[5]

Mythology

The town of Chalcis in Euboea was said to have derived its name from Chalcis.^[6] She may be identical with Euboea^[7] or Combe,^[8] daughters of Asopus in some myths.

Notes

1. Richmond, Henry J. (1905), The Pronunciation of Greek and Latin Proper Names in English, Ann Arbor: George Wahr, p. 32, ISBN 9780857927866, archived from the original on 2016-03-04
2. Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1.
3. Apollodorus, 3.12.6.
4. Diodorus Siculus, 4.73.1.
5. Scholia Vict. ad Homer Iliad, 14.291; Strabo, 10 p. 447
6. Eustathius, ad Homer p. 279
7. Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell)
8. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Khalkis

References

• Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.