Editing Dynamene (section)

{{Short description|Nereid of Greek mythology}}
{{Greek myth (aquatic nymphs)}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Dynamene''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ᵻ|ˈ|n|æ|m|ᵻ|n|iː|,_|d|aɪ|-}}; {{langx|grc|Δυναμένη}} "the bringer"<ref name=Bane>Bane, p. 117</ref>) was a [[Nereid]] or sea-[[nymph]], one of the 50 daughters of the "[[Old Man of the Sea]]" [[Nereus]] and the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] [[Doris (Oceanid)|Doris]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Kerényi]]|first=Carl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|publisher=[[Thames and Hudson]]|year=1951|location=London|pages=64}}</ref><ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 18.43; [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 248; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.2.7</ref> Her name, a participle, means "she who can, the capable one."<ref>Hesiod. [https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/theogony.htm ''Theogony'' ll. 240-264]. Retrieved 4 October 2020</ref> She, along with her sister [[Pherusa]], was associated with the might and power of great ocean swells. Dynamene had the ability to appear and disappear rapidly.<ref name=Bane/> Some variations of her name were '''Dyomene'''<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface (Latin ed. [[Jacob Micyllus|Micyllus]])</ref> and '''Dinamene'''<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' Preface (Latin ed. Scheffero)</ref>