Myrto (mythology)

Myrto (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Myrto (Μυρτώ) may refer to one of the following characters:

  • Myrto, one of the Maenads[1]

References

  1. ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 29. 270
  2. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 14. 8
  3. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 752
  4. ^ Plutarch, Aristides, 20. 6

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