#MermaidMonday: Lighèia

Last week, we took a look at the profile of Parthenŏpe, one of the three sirens in the Argonautica. Today on my Patreon, we focus on one of her sisters, Lígeia, and see which kind of fate befell her after she was defeated by Orpheus (or snubbed by Ulysses) and threw herself into the sea: […]

Last week, we took a look at the profile of Parthenŏpe, one of the three sirens in the Argonautica. Today on my Patreon, we focus on one of her sisters, Lígeia, and see which kind of fate befell her after she was defeated by Orpheus (or snubbed by Ulysses) and threw herself into the sea: we’ll see her connection with Persephone, and how she came to be buried in Calabria.

 

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