In Greek mythology, Scamandrodice () was the mother of King Cycnus of Colonae by the sea-god Poseidon. She abandoned her son on the seashore but he was rescued by fishermen who named him Cycnus "swan" because they saw a swan flying over him.Tzetzes on Lycophron, 232 In some accounts, the mother of Cycnus was given as HarpaleScholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.147 or Calyce, daughter of HecatonHyginus, Fabulae 157 or lastly, an unknown Nereid.
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.