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Δίρκη
(Δίρκη), a daughter of Helios and wife of Lycus. Respecting her story, see AMPHION, p. 151a. Her body was changed by Dionysus, in whose service she had been engaged, into a well on mount Cithaeron. (Hyg. Fab. 7.) A small river near Thebes likewise received its name from her. (Paus. 9.25.3.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.