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naiad from Greek mythology
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In Greek mythology, Cyllene, also spelled Kyllene, is the Naiad nymph and the personification of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, the region in Greece where the god of travellers and shepherds Hermes was born and brought up. In some versions Cyllene is said to have been Hermes' nurse and caretaker while he was growing up. Cyllene's most prominent appearance in ancient Greek literature is in Ichneutae, a now lost satyr play by Sophocles.
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