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In Greek mythology, Eunice ( Ancient Greek: Εὐνίκη Eunikê means 'she of happy victory' [1]) was the "rosy-armed" Nereid, [2] sea- nymph daughter of the ' Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [3] She is described as leaping and dancing from wave to wave. [4]

Notes

  1. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 246
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  4. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 131. ISBN  9780786471119.

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