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Syme (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Syme (Ancient Greek: Σύμη) was the eponym of the island Syme.[1]

Mythology

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According to Athenaeus, Syme was the daughter of Ialysos and Dotis. She was carried off by the sea god Glaucus on his way back from Asia. Glaucus named a deserted island he landed on after Syme.[2]

Diodorus Siculus, however, writes of Syme as the mother of Chthonius with Poseidon, and mentions that it was Chthonius who named the island after Syme.[3]

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