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- Pirene or Peirene (Gr****: Πειρήνη) is the name of a fountain or spring in Gr**** mythology, physically located in Corinth. It was said to be a favored...
- Pirene may refer to: Pirene (fountain), in Corinth Pirene (mythology), a nymph in Gr**** mythology Pirene, one of the daughters of Danaus Pyrene, a chemical...
- Helicon. He was captured by the Gr**** hero Bellerophon, near the fountain Peirene, with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allowed Bellerophon to ride...
- Peirene Press is an independent publishing house based in Bath. Established by the novelist and journalist Meike Ziervogel, Peirene publishes literary...
- Aphrodite and people said its water was the same as that of the spring Peirene, the water in the city flowing from it underground. Diodorus Siculus who...
- Corinth (Acrocorinth), closest to the sky, belonged to Helios. The Upper Peirene spring is located within the walls of the acropolis. Pausanias (2.5.1)...
- Anax during the Mycenean age. In the city there was the famous spring Peirene which in a myth is related to the winged horse Pegasus. In Attica there...
- she was considered a naiad-nymph and sister to Corcyra, Salamis, Aigina, Peirene, Kleonai, Thebe, Thespeia, Asopis, Sinope, Ornia, Chalcis, Pelasgus, and...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pirene or Peirene (Ancient Gr****: Πειρήνη means "of the osiers"), a nymph, was either the daughter of the river god Asopus, Laconian...
- latter was translated into English by Madeleine Rogers, and published by Peirene Press under the title As the Eagle Flies. "Nolwenn Le Blevennec, de journaliste...