Hyrie
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Hyrie is a character from Ovid's Metamorphoses (book VII) who transforms into a spring. David Gallagher argues that 19th and 20th-century German authors found inspiration for their many versions of undine in classical literature, particularly Ovid's Metamorphoses, especially given the transformation of many of their undines into springs.
When
- First attested
- 1 BCE
- Attested period
- -1 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Character in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“David Gallagher argues that, although they had Paracelsus as a source, 19th and 20th-century German authors found inspiration for their many versions of undine in classical literature, particularly Ovid's Metamorphoses, especially given the transformation of many of their undines into springs: Hyrie (book VII)”
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