In Greek mythology, Orphne ( ; , from ) was a nymph that lived in Hades. She was also known as Styx ( ; ) or Gorgyra ( ; , from ).Fontenrose, p. 287. With Acheron, she mothered Ascalaphus.Fontenrose, p. 287; Apollodorus, 1.5.3; Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.539–41.
Orphne also seems to be one translation of the name of the Roman goddess Caligo (Darkness).Fontenrose, p. 223.
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