person
Cyane
also: Cyane
The most famous of the Sicilian nymphs, who barred Dis's path to protest the rape and, grieving, dissolved into her own pool.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.10 mingles Cyane
Cyane, the Sicilian fountain-nymph who tried to stop the rape of Proserpina and dissolved into her own spring, joined by the Anapus.
- Metamorphoses §5.112 Cyane
The most famous of the Sicilian nymphs, who bars Dis's path and, grieving, dissolves into her own pool.