In Greek mythology, Thelxinoë /θɛlkˈsɪn./[1] (Greek: Θελξινόη, translit. Thelxinóē; English translation: "mind charming") was a name attributed to four individuals.

  • Thelxinoë, one of the sirens. Also known as Thelxiope or Thelxiepia.[2]
  • Thelxinoë, one of the four later recognized muses in Greek tradition. She and her sisters Aoede, Arche and Melete[3] were regarded as daughters of Zeus by Plusia.[4] She was linked with the charming of the mind as a Muse. The moon of Jupiter Thelxinoe is named after her.
  • Thelxinoë, one of Semele's attendants.[5]
  • Thelxinoëa, also Thelxionoea or Thelxineia, one of the so-called Praxidicae (the other two were Alacomenia and Aulis), daughters of King Ogyges of Boeotia.[6]

Notes

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 47; Chaerilus ap. Natalis Comes 7. 13, p. 748
  3. Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.21
  4. Aratus ap. Gyraldus, Syntagma 7, p. 260
  5. Nonnus, 8.178
  6. Suda s.v. Praxidike

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