Editing Dynamene

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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>

== Mythology ==
In [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]'', Dynamene and her other sisters appear to [[Thetis]] when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] at the slaying of his friend [[Patroclus]].<ref name="Hom">Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D18%3Acard%3D22 18.39-51]</ref><ref>Lempriere, John. [[iarchive:bub_gb_GHIBAAAAQAAJ/page/n257/mode/2up|''Bibliotheca classica; or, A classical dictionary'']], p. 257</ref>

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== References ==
* {{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa| title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers| year=2013| isbn=9780786471119}}
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Hesiod]], ''Theogony'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Károly Kerényi|Kerényi, Carl]], ''The Gods of the Greeks'', Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.

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