Themisto (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Themisto (/θəˈmɪstoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Θεμιστώ means "belonging to the law or customs"[1]) may refer to the following women:

• Themisto, one of the Nereids thus, a daughter of the sea divinities Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2]
• Themisto, daughter of the river god Inachus, who became the mother of Arcas by Zeus.[3]
• Themisto, daughter of the Hyperborean king Zabius, mother of Galeos by Apollo.[4]
• Themisto, the third and last wife of Athamas.[5]

Notes

1. "User-submitted name Themisto - Behind the Name". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
2. Hesiod, Theogony 240ff
3. Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
4. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Galeōtai
5. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.2

References

• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.