Save Gender Feminine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Βυζη(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. BIE-zee [key] Meaning & History Perhaps related to Byzas or to the Greek adverb βύζην (buzên) meaning "close pressed, closely". According to the Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis, Byze was a nymph, daughter of Erasinos and sister of Melite, Anchiroe and Maera.