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Cyrene (2)Kyrene

A young maiden who lived in the district of Elis on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.

Apollon became infatuated with Kyrene and took her as his lover; he removed her to Libya and turned her into a nymph so that she could have long life and live as one of the Immortals; she and Apollon had a son which they named Aristaios who was also called Hunter and Shepherd.

(Argonautika, book 2, lines 500-527)

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