Chesias (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Chesias () was the fairest of the nymphs, described as young and noble. She was the wife of the Samian river-god Imbrasus and by him, became the mother of Ocyrhoë, the nymph loved and abducted by Apollo.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 7.283 E (citing The Founding of Naucratis by Apollonius Rhodius) Both Chesia and Imbrasia were cult epithets used for the goddesses Artemis and Hera, the latter of which was the patron-deity of the island of Samos.

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References Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.