Pyrene (mythology)

Pyrene (mythology)

According to Greek mythology, Pyrene ( _el. Πυρήνη) was a nymph. She was the daughter of Bebryx, King of Spain and a lover of Hercules. She bore a serpent and became so terrified that she fled to the woods where she died. Hercules created a tomb for her by piling up rocks thus forming the mountain range of the Pyrenees, named after her. [Bell's New Pantheon Or Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi Gods, page 203 [http://books.google.com/books?id=HNEMkXDHxo0C&pg=RA1-PA203&lpg=RA1-PA203&dq=pyrene+hercules&source=web&ots=PL4veRlZZg&sig=VKrKFEpUQDHwtjf-gFDpvmUM9yM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result] ] [ (Anonymous) "A classical manual, being a mythological, historical, and geographical commentary on Pope's Homer and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil". London, J. Murray, 1833. p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=AhBTAEKpfNMC&pg=PA588&lpg=PA588&dq=pyrene+hercules&source=web&ots=Z4MqBxEHJx&sig=udqyNcnLZ1MuORGa00bAHiJt8Lw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result] ]

Pyrene was also the mother of Cycnus with Ares. [Greek Mythology Index [http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/C/Cycnus.html] ]

homophone|Pirene ( _el. Πειρήνη). Note that the names had a different pronunciation in Ancient Greek.


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