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Nĕphĕlē

The wife of Athamas, mother of Phrixus and Helle

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What it meant

Nĕphĕlē — Lewis & Short

Nĕphĕlē, ēs,

I f, = *nefe/lh.

I The wife of Athamas, mother of Phrixus and Helle, Hyg. Fab. 1, sq.; cf. id. Astr. 2, 20.—

B Derivv.

1 Nĕphĕlaeus, a, um, adj., Nephelæan: pecus, i. e. the ram that bore away Helle and Phrixus, Val. Fl. 1, 56. —

2 Nĕphĕlēĭas, ădis, f., the daughter of Nephele, Helle, Luc. 9, 956.—

3 Nĕphĕ-lēis, ĭdos, f., the daughter of Nephele, Helle, Ov. M. 11, 195.—

II One of the companions of Diana, Ov. M. 3, 171.

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