Cyrene’s Family Tree

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Family

• Apollo(spouse),Aristaeus(child)— Consort

  Apollo abducted the huntress nymph Cyrene to Libya, where she bore him Aristaeus, who became the patron of beekeeping and rural crafts.

• Chlidanope(parent),Hypseus(parent)— Marriage

  Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, married the naiad Chlidanope. Their daughter Cyrene became renowned as a fearless huntress in Thessaly.

Member of

• Lapiths

  The Lapiths, the legendary Thessalian tribe, counted among their members King Hypseus, his daughter Cyrene, and the invulnerable warrior Caeneus.

Associated with

• Aphrodite

  In Pindar's Pythian 9, Aphrodite blessed Apollo and Cyrene's union in Libya, welcoming the god and the huntress with divine hospitality.

• Aristaeus

  Cyrene was a Thessalian huntress whom Apollo witnessed wrestling a lion on Mount Pelion. Captivated, he carried her to Libya, where she bore Aristaeus and gave her name to the city of Cyrene.

• Chiron

  In Pindar's Pythian 9, Chiron prophesied to Apollo about his union with Cyrene, foretelling that she would bear a son and become queen of a city in Libya.

• Peneus

  Peneus was grandfather of the huntress Cyrene through his son Hypseus. Apollo carried Cyrene to Libya, founding the city named after her.