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Oenone, Queen-of-Wine.
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[to Whom the twenty-fifth day of August, day 237, is dedicated]
Geography/Culture: Greek: Phrygian: Mount. Ida. Oenone was the original name of the island of Aegina.
Linguistic Note: Although the well known Oenone was a mythical mortal, such mortals often have antecedents as Goddesses. She was chosen to join the Goddesses of the year for the sake of initial sound of Her name. The invention of wine-making is often associated with divinities.
Description: Nymph Goddess of prophesy, healing, [jealousy, remorse], [surely, wine]; [inebriation]; [the happy discovery ]; [the fortuitous accident].
To Whom Sacred: [wine; oenophorus, wine-jar].
Male Associates: sons, Corythus, Helmeted and Daphnis, Laurel by consort: Paris, Wallet.
Geography/Culture: Greek. {Perhaps especially the Cyclades.}
Description: Water Nymph Goddess; Eponym of one of the Cyclades islands.
Male Associates: son, Sincinus, ----, by consort Thoas, Impetuous.
Geography/Culture: Greek.
Male Associates: son, Megareus, Of-the-Oracular-Cave, by Poseidon, He-Who-Gives-to-Drink-from-the-Wooded-Mountain, or by Hippomenes, Horse-Might, or by Onchestus, ----.
Geography/Culture: Greek, perhaps from Crete.
Description: Mother of the Triple Goddess of wine and oil. Oeno could produce wine at will.