Liriope (nymph)
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Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, Liriope () or Leiriope () is a Boeotian
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, who was probably the daughter of one of the Boeotian or Phocian river gods. Liriope was raped by the river-god Cephissus, who was himself the son of
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, and bore his son Narcissus.
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, ''Metamorphoses'', 3. 340
Liriope's name means "face of the narcissus" from the Greek words ''leirion'' "narcissus" and ''ops'' "face." Her son was also named for the flower—''narkissos'' in Greek. ''Leiron'' and ''narkissos'' might be the same plant or could represent two different species of daffodil. Liriope was probably identified with Lilaia, the Naiad-nymph of the springs of the river Kephisos.


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