Kymopoleia

For the biological genus, see Cymopolia.

In Greek mythology, Kymopoleia, Cymopoleia, or Cymopolia (/ˌsɪməpəˈlaɪ.ə/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Κυμοπόλεια Kymopoleia) was a daughter of sea god Poseidon and the wife of Briareus, one of the three Hundred-Handers.^[2] Her only known mention occurs in the Hesiodic Theogony.^[3]

Notes

1. Gardner, Dorsey; Porter, Noah, eds. (1884). A Practical Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. p. 548.
2. Hesiod, Theogony 817–819; Gantz, p. 45.
3. West 1966, p. 379 on line 819 Κυμοπόλειαν

References

• 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).
• Hesiod, Theogony, in Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia, Edited and translated by Glenn W. Most. Loeb Classical Library No. 57. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-674-99720-2. Online version at Harvard University Press.
• West, M. L. (1966), Hesiod: Theogony, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-814169-6.