She was originally a Dryopian princess who, some time after being seduced by Apollon, was transformed into a Nymphe by the Hamadryades of Mount Oita.
In the story of her seduction by a tortoise-shaped god she appears to be confused with Penelopeia, an Arkadian daughter of Dryops (Oak-Voice), loved by Hermes.
"Dryops (Oak Face) was the son of the River Sperkheios and of Polydore (Many Gifts), one of the daughters of Danaos.
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The pelearctic species of the genus Dryops Olivier (Coleoptera, Druopidae).
The pelearctic species of the genus Dryops Olivier (Coleoptera, Dryopidae).
Effects of stream restoration on the macroinvertebrate community in t...om, Denmark The macroinvertebrate fauna of three restored and two reference sections in the River Esrom was compared 4 years after completion of a restoration pr...
I Dryops Etiopici descritti da Bollow (Coleoptera Dryopidae).
Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran (together with results of collections made in Anatolia 1947 and 1970) Coleoptera, Dryopoidea: Dryopidae and Elminthidae.
New species of Dryops from Asia (Coleoptera: Dryopidae).
Pan was the son of Hermes, (the magnificient Arcadian god).
His mother was either the daughter of King Dryops (whose flocks Hermes had tended to) or Penelope (whom Hermes had approached in a form of a he-goat).
It was told that Pan was succeeded in seducing Selene (the moon goddess)- he dressed himself in fleece of a dazzling white ewe and drew Selene into the forest where she stayed (either that, or he himself then transformed into a white ram).
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29, andc.) [L. (Apvo-n-T?), a daughter of king Dryops, or, according to others, of Eurytus.
While she tended the flocks of her father on Mount Oeta, she became the playmate of the Hamadryad es, who taught her to sing hymns to the gods and to dance.
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For there, though a god, he used to tend curly-fleeced sheep in the service of a mortal man, because there fell on him and waxed strong melting desire to wed the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops, and there be brought about the merry marriage.
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On this he struck Dryops with his spear, about the middle of his neck, and he fell headlong at his feet.
