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Ithome, a nymph from whom the Messenian hill of Ithome derived its name. According to a Messenian tradition, Ithome and Neda, from whom a small river of the country derived its name, were said to have nursed Zeus, and to have bathed the infant god in the well Clepsydra. (Paus. iv. 33. Β 2.)
MESSINI (Ancient city) ITHOMI
Daughter of Triopas, wife of Polycaon, revered and invoked as heroine by Messenians, her temple and image.
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