Smyrna (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Smyrna ( ; ) can refer to either of the following figures:

Smyrna, also called Myrrha, the daughter of Cenchreis and Cinyras or Theias, and mother of Adonis by her own father.Apollodorus 3.14.4; Antoninus Liberalis 34; Hyginus, Fabulae 58; Pseudo-Plutarch, Parallela Minora 22 Smyrna, the Amazon queen who took possession of Ephesus and gave her name to the city of Smyrna.Strabo, 14.1.4. Smyrna, the wife of a Thessalian man named Theseus (a grandson of Admetus) who gave his wife's name to the city in order to make her name immortal.Pseudo-Herodotus, Life of Homer 1.2

References

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