05/14/2024
Cyrene,Kyrene,Κυρήνη
Legend tells that Apollo came out riding his supernatural centaur-A mythical creature that is half human and half horse-And he set out to roam Greece when he came across a nymph fighting a lion with her bare hands.
The Lord of Olympus was astonished,He stood and watched her mesmerized, and Centaurus talking to him, saying:
"It was written for you on the tablet of destiny To come to this valley to see this girl and carries her overseas Towards the Gardens of Zeus,And make her queen over the cities After a people who came from an island gathered together to live on a fertile hill in the middle of the plains”
Apollo did not waste his time,he carries people of Thira island -In a ships made by humans- Across the Mediterranean sea,He gave them the lands of the Green Mountain as a gift,After that, he had the right to rest with his girl, the lion slayer,Who discovered that her name was (Cyrene ),He built a room of gold for her,and spent with her the first night of Greeks"in their new home.
Source:
Our History Book Series, Volume Two
Marble statue representing the nymph Cyrene fighting a lion,It was discovered in 1861 in Temple of Apollo.
2nd century AD.
British museum