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Gender Feminine
Scripts Ancient Greek: Καλύκη
Other Forms FormsCalycia

Meaning & History

In Greek mythology, Calyce or Calycia is the name of several characters:

Calyce, one of the Nysiads, the nymphs who nursed Dionysus.
Calyce, a Thessalian princess as the daughter of King Aeolus of Aeolia and Enarete, daughter of Deimachus. She was the sister of Athamas, Cretheus, Deioneus, Magnes, Perieres, Salmoneus, Sisyphus, Alcyone, Canace, Perimede and Peisidice. Some sources stated that Calyce was the mother of Endymion, king of Elis, by her husband Aethlius, former king of Elis or by Zeus
Calyce, mother of Poseidon's son Cycnus. She was given as the daughter of Hecaton. Cycnus was born in secret, and left to die on the coast, but went on to become a king.
Calyce, a chaste maiden who was in love with one Euathlus and prayed to Aphrodite that she may become his wife rather than mistress. Nevertheless, Euathlus rejected her and she threw herself off a cliff.
Calyce, a maenad named in a vase painting.
Added 9/9/2024 by hermeline