In Greek mythology, Cyllene (Ancient Greek: Κυλλήνη Kyllênê) may refer to two characters:

  • Cyllene, an Arcadian daughter of Menephron who was raped by her father.[9] In some accounts, Menephon was the son who ravished his mother Cyllene.[10]

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  1. ^ Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Ormand, Kirk (2012). A Companion to Sophocles. Wiley Blackwell. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-119-02553-5.
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 225
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 3.8.1; Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 1642
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 3.8.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 481
  6. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.11.2 & 1.13.1; Greek Papyri III No. 140b
  7. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
  8. ^ Pausanias, 8.17.6
  9. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 253
  10. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.386

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