Myrto (mythology)

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

Myrto, a possible eponym for the Myrtoan Sea.Pausanias, 8.14.8 Myrto, one of the Maenads who followed Dionysus in the Indian War.Nonnus, 29.270 Myrto, an Amazon and one of the possible mothers of Myrtilus by Hermes.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.752 Myrto, daughter of Menoetius of Opus, sister to Patroclus. She had a daughter Eucleia by Heracles.Plutarch, Aristides 20.6

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