Rhene (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Rhene (Ancient Greek: Ῥήνη) may refer to the following personages:

• Rhene, a nymph of Mount Cyllene.^[1] She was the lover of Hermes and mother by him of Saon (or Samon), the first king of Samothrace.^[2] Otherwise, the parentage of this eponymous ruler of the island was attributed to Zeus and the nymph Nymphe.^[3]
• Rhene, also a nymph who was a paramour of Oileus and mother of his son Medon,^[4] although some suggest that Oileus fathered Medon with Alcimache.^[5] In one source, Rhene is given as the mother of Oileus' another son, Ajax the Lesser, as well,^[6] though the latter is more commonly said to be the son of Oileus' legitimate wife Eriopis.^[7]