Nĕphĕlē
Meaning
- The wife of Athamas, mother of Phrixus and Helle
Nĕphĕlē, ēs,
I. f, = Νεφέλη.
I. The wife of Athamas, mother of Phrixus and Helle, Hyg. Fab. 1, sq.; cf. id. Astr. 2, 20.—
B. Derivv.
1. Nĕphĕlaeus, a, um, adj., Nephelæan:
pecus, i. e. the ram that bore away Helle and Phrixus, Val. Fl. 1, 56. —II. One of the companions of Diana, Ov. M. 3, 171.