In Greek mythology, Thelxinoë (Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language; ) was a name attributed to the following four characters:
Thelxinoë, one of the sirens. Also known as Thelxiopê (Θελξιόπη) or Thelxiepia/ Thelxiepeia (Θελξιέπεια).Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 47; Chaerilus ap. Natalis Comes 7. 13, p. 748 Thelxinoë, one of the four later recognized Muses in Greek tradition. She and her sisters Aoede, Arche and MeleteCicero, De Natura Deorum 3.21 were regarded as daughters of Zeus by Plusia.Aratus ap. Gyraldus, Syntagma 7, p. 260 She was linked with the charming of the mind as a Muse. The moon of Jupiter Thelxinoe is named after her. Thelxinoë, one of Semele's attendants.Nonnus, 8.178 Thelxinoëa, also Thelxionoea or Thelxineia, one of the so-called Praxidicae (the other two were Alacomenia and Aulis), daughters of King Ogyges of Boeotia.Suda s.v. Praxidike
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