Bathycleia

In Greek mythology, Bathycleia was the mother of Hallirrhothius by Poseidon.^[1] After her son raped Alcippe, the maiden's father Ares, in revenge, killed Halirrhothius. Bathycleia may be the same as the nymph Euryte, another name for the mother of Halirrhothius.^[2]

Notes

1. Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.83c
2. Apollodorus, 3.14.2

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.