#thessalia

Κυρηνη

Kyrenewas a Thessalian princess, the daughter of King Hypseus of the Lapiths. She was a famed huntress who guarded her father’s herds on Mount Pelion, slaying wild beasts with javelin and sword. One day, when she was wrestling a lion, the god Apollon spied her and was inflamed with love. He carried her off to the Hill of Myrtles in Libya where she bore him a son named Aristaios. The boy was placed in the care of the wise Kentauros Chiron and became a demi-god of beekeeping and other rustic pursuits. After she gave birth to their son, Apollo transformed her into a nymph, so that she could have a long life and keep hunting as much as she desired.