Penelope (dryad)

In Greek mythology Penelope or Penelopeia is a dryad, the daughter of Dryops. She resides on mount Kyllene in Arcadia and is the mother of the god Pan or of Nomios (this is a title of Pan). [The Homeric Hymns: Hymn to Pan [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomericHymns3.html#19] ] [Nonnus, Dionysiaca, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/NonnusDionysiaca14.html] ] [Hyginus Fabulae, 224 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae5.html] ]

This particular Penelope is sometimes confused with her namesake, Penelope, the wife and queen of Odysseus, in stories in which she is said to be the mother of Pan. [Apollodorus, The Library E.7.38 [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ApollodorusE.html#7] ]

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