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Anchiale, a Cretan nymph, who gave birth to the metalworking Idaean Dactyls in the Dictaean cave. [3] [4] She was also seen as a Titan goddess and perhaps represented the warmth of fire. She was the wife of Hecaterus. [5] Anchiale, according to Servius, was the mother of Oaxes by Apollo. [6] [7]
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PARENTS
[1.1] PHORONEUS ? (Strabo 10.3.19) [1.2] IAPETOS (Stephanus Byzantium s.v. Anchiale)
OFFSPRING
[1.1] THE DAKTYLOI (Apollonius Rhodius 1.1120) [1.2] THE DAKTYLOI, THE HEKATERIDES (by Hekateros) ? (Strabo 10.3.19) [2.1] KYDNOS (Stephanus Byzantium s.v. Anchiale) [3.1] OAXOS (by Hekateros or Apollon) (Servius on Virgil's Eclogues)
ANCHI′ALE (Anchialê), a daughter of Japetus and mother of Cydnus, who was believed to have founded the town of Anchiale in Cilicia. (Steph. Byz. s. v.) Another personage of this name occurs in Apollon. Rhod. i. 1130. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 1120 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) : "The many Daktyloi Idaioi (Idaean Dactyls) of Krete (Crete). They were borne in the Diktaian (Dictaean) cave by the Nymphe Ankhiale (Anchiale) as she clutched the earth of Oaxos with both her hands." Strabo, Geography 10. 3. 19 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B....
Ankhiale's name was perhaps derived from from the Greek words ank- meaning "reveal" or "uncover", and khlia and alee"warmth" and "heat". The name is surely also connected with the word ankalê--a bundle of firewood carried under the arm. Combined, the various terms, invoke the image of the firemaker who uncovers the heat of flame that is hidden away...
GREEK
1. Hesiod, Catalogues of Women Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C. 2. Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Greek Epic C3rd B.C. 3. Strabo, Geography - Greek Geography C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.
BYZANTINE
1. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica - Byzantine Greek Leixicon C6th A.D.
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Other references not currently quoted here: Servius on Vergil's Eclogues 1.66.
Anchiale. Coordinates: 36°48′04″N 34°36′15″E. Karaduvar aqueduct in Mersin, Turkey. Anchiale ( Ancient Greek: Ἀγχιάλη) or Anchialeia was a historic city of ancient Cilicia now a part of modern Mersin, Turkey. It was inhabited during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras.
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Ankhiale. ANKHIALE (Anchiale) was the Titan goddess of the warming heat of fire. She was the wife of Hekateros (Hecaterus), Titan-god of hands, and the mother of the metal-working Daktyloi (Dactyls), "the Fingers." These rustic deities together represented the power of the human hand to create and utilise fire. Community content is available ...
Anchiale. In Greek mythology, Anchiale or Ankhiale (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχιάλη) was the name of the following personages: Anchiale, said to have founded the town of Anchiale near Tarsus in Cilicia. Her father was named Iapetus, and she had a son named Cydnus. [1] [2]
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