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In Greek mythology, Rhene (Ancient Greek: Ῥήνη) may refer to the following personages:

  • Rhene, a nymph of Mount Cyllene.[1] She was the lover of Hermes and mother by him of Saon (or Samon), the first king of Samothrace.[2] Otherwise, the parentage of this eponymous ruler of the island was attributed to Zeus and the nymph Nymphe.[3]
  • Rhene, also a nymph who was a paramour of Oileus and mother of his son Medon,[4] although some suggest that Oileus fathered Medon with Alcimache.[5] In one source, Rhene is given as the mother of Oileus' another son, Ajax the Lesser, as well,[6] though the latter is more commonly said to be the son of Oileus' legitimate wife Eriopis.[7]

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  1. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 1.61.3
  2. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 1.61.3; Diodorus Siculus, 5.48.1
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.48.1
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.728; Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 613
  5. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 13.694
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  7. ^ Homer, Iliad, 13. 697 with scholia

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