In Greek mythology, Phyllodoce was one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[1] She was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene.[2] Phyllodoce was described to have bright, waving locks of hair and a slender pale neck.[3]

Notes

  1. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  2. Virgil, Georgics 4.336
  3. Virgil, Georgics 4.336

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