Nonacris is an Arcadian nymph in Greek mythology, named by Pausanias as the wife of Lycaon and the eponym of the town Nonacris near the Styx waterfall in Arcadia.
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I.Mythology
Pausanias records that the Arcadian town Nonacris was named after the wife of Lycaon (Description of Greece 8.17.6).
The site lay near a high cliff from which the water called the Styx descends — a landmark the geographer saw in ruins on his visit.
AT A GLANCE
Greek nameNonakris (Νώνακρις)
Typenymph
Domainsnymph of Arcadia · wife of Lycaon · eponym of Nonacris
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