Ligeia (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Ligeia or Ligia (Ancient Greek: Λίγεια, romanized: Lígeia, lit. 'clear-toned' from ligeios) may refer to two personages:
- Ligea, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea, Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1][2] She was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene. Ligeia was described to have bright, waving locks of hair and a slender pale neck.[3]
- Ligeia, one of the Sirens. She was the daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene[4] or her sister Terpsichore.[5] Ligeia's sisters were Parthenope and Leucosia[6] or Thelxipeia and Peisinoe.[7] She was found ashore of Terina in Bruttium (modern Calabria).[8]
