Cyrene (mythology)

Cyrene
Cyrene depicted on a mosaic of the 2nd century CE
Genealogy
Parents	Chlidanope and Hypseus
Consort	Apollo
Offspring	Aristaeus, Autuchus and Idmon

Cyrene (/saɪˈriːni/, sy-REE-nee), also spelled Kyrene (/kaɪˈriːni/, ky-REE-nee; Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kurḗnē) is a figure in Greek mythology considered the etymon of the Greek colony of Cyrene in eastern Libya in North Africa. She was said to have been a Thessalian princess who became the queen of Cyrene, founded and named in her honor by the god Apollo.^[1] The story is entirely apocryphal, the city having been founded by settlers from Thera.