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  Corycian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Corycian Nymphs were the three Naiads (nymphs) of the sacred springs of the Corycian Cave of Mount Parnassus in Phocis.
The names of the nymphs are Corycia, Kleodora and Melaina; their father's name was Kephisos or Pleistos.
Corycia was the sister whom the Corycian Cave was named after.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corycian   (156 words)

  
 Corycia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Corycia or Korykia was a Naiad (nymph) who lived on Mount Parnassus in Phocis.
Corycia was one of the nymphs of the springs of the Corycian Cave with was named after her.
Corycia is closely identified with Kleodora and Melaina.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corycia   (110 words)

  
 Spotlight on Nation
UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, Corycia's educational system is the envy of many and regarded as a pinnacle of educational achievement, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, and the upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned.
Corycia's national animal is the eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the laurel.
Corycia is ranked 2nd in the region and 102,883rd in the world for Safest Nations.
www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=corycia   (217 words)

  
 Corycian Cave
The Corycian Cave (Κορυκιο Αντρον) is located in Mt. Parnassos, Greece, named after the nymph Corycia.
I mentioned a little earlier in my narrative that this cave was named after a nymph called Corycia, and of all the caves I have ever seen this seemed to me the best worth seeing....
But the Corycian cave exceeds in size those I have mentioned, and it is possible to make one's way through the greater part of it even without lights.
www.mlahanas.de /Greece/Regions/CorycianCave.html   (421 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 862 (v. 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
On this page: Corybantes – Corycia – Corydus – Corylas – Coryphaea – Coryphasia
CORYCIA (KvpvKta or Kojpu/ci's), a nymph, who became by Apollo the mother of Lycoras or Lycoreus, and from whom the Corycian cave in mount Parnassus was believed to have derived its name.
§ 2.) The plural, Coryciae, is applied to the daughters of Pleistus.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0871.html   (1058 words)

  
 Greek Myth Encyclopedia B-C
CORYCIA (Korykia) One of the Corycian nymphs of Delphi loved by the god Apollo.
CORYCIAE (Korykiai) Naiad daughters of the river Pleistus.
They inhabited the sacred Corycian cave of Mount Parnassus.
www.theoi.com /Encyc_C.html   (2653 words)

  
 Helios Chronicles [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A frigid icebox, the planet Thrym is in the middle of an ice age.
Beneath the surface, howevcr, Corycia reveals its dual nature: here lies a global system of endless tunnels and lightless caverns, made only more dangerous by the fact that much of this subterranean world is submerged in underground lakes and rivers.
Having nearly reached their Corycia’s carrying capacity, the Witamoana are looking outwards into the rest of the solar system, in hopes of colonizing new worlds to alleviate the oncoming population strain.
kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-72495.html   (17910 words)

  
 Greek Mythology: CORYCIA KORYKIA Nymph of the Corycian Cave of Delphi in Phocis
Greek Mythology: CORYCIA KORYKIA Nymph of the Corycian Cave of Delphi in Phocis
CORY′CIA (Kôrukia or Kôrukis), a nymph, who became by Apollo the mother of Lycorus or Lycoreus, and from whom the Corycian cave in mount Parnassus was believed to have derived its name.
Lycoreus by the Nympha Corycia." - Hyginus, Fabulae 159
www.theoi.com /Nymphe/NympheKorykia.html   (228 words)

  
 The Baldwin Project: A Story of the Golden Age by James Baldwin
Now and then Odysseus fancied that he saw a mountain nymph flitting among the trees, or a satyr with shaggy beard hastily hiding himself among the clefts and crags above them.
They passed by the great Corycian cavern, whose huge vaulted chambers [52] would shelter a thousand men; but they looked in vain for the nymph Corycia, who, they were told, sometimes sat within, and smiled upon passing travellers.
A little farther beyond, they heard the mellow notes of a lyre, and the sound of laughter and merry-making, in a grove of evergreens, lower down the mountain-side; and Odysseus wondered if Apollo and the Muses were not there.
www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=baldwin&book=golden&story=king   (3245 words)

  
 OMACL: The Fall of Troy: Book XI
Lamus and stalwart Lyncus Thoas smote, And Meriones slew Lycon; Menelaus Laid low Archelochus.
Upon his home Looked down Corycia's ridge, and that great rock 100 Of the wise Fire-god, marvellous in men's eyes; For thereon, nightlong, daylong, unto him Fire blazes, tireless and unquenchable.
Laden with fruit around it palm-trees grow, While mid the stones fire plays about their roots.
omacl.org /Troy/book11.html   (2750 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | The Fall of Troy by Quintus
Stopped were his heart-beats, all his limbs collapsed.
Looked down Corycia's ridge, and that great rock
Of the wise Fire-god, marvellous in men's eyes;
etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /mirror/classics.mit.edu/Quintus/ftroy.11.xi.html   (2373 words)

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