Date
Name Argyra
Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Ἀργυρᾶ (Ancient Greek)
Theme metal
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Meaning & History
Derived from Greek ἀργύρεος (argyreos) meaning "(of) silver". According to Pausanias, Argyra was the nymph of a well in Achaea, whose human lover Selemnus died of grief after she abandoned him. Aphrodite took pity on Selemnus and changed him into a river.