Halimede (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Halimede or Alimede (Ancient Greek: Ἁλιμήδη Halimêdê) was the "rich-crowned" Nereid,^[1] sea-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[2] Her name means 'the sea-goddess of good counsel'.^[3]

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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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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