Ismenis
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In Greek mythology, Ismenis (Ancient Greek: Ἰσμηνίς) was a naiad nymph, one of the daughters of the Boeotian river god Ismenus:[1] Ismenis is a patronymic rather than a given name.
Given her parentage, Ismenis was probably the sister to other naiads: Dirce,[2] Strophia[3] and Crocale.[4] The younger Linus, the music teacher of Heracles, was possibly a brother of hers.[5]
In Statius' Thebaid, Ismenis was the mother, by Pan, of Crenaeus, a defender of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes.[1]
