Nephele

[ nef-uh-lee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a woman formed from a cloud by Zeus as a counterfeit of Hera, in order to deceive the lustful Ixion: mother by Ixion of the centaurs.

Example Sentences

It was immortal and was given them by their mother Nephele, and had a golden fleece, as Hesiod and Pherecydes say.

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Chiron was a temple, probably at Nephele in Thessalia, the most antient seat of the Nephelim.

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But the watchful Nephele contrived to circumvent her cruel designs, and succeeded in getting the children out of the palace.

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Nephele going mad, he divorced her, and married the princess Ino, and had two children more.

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Nephele, apprehending danger to her children from the influence of their stepmother, took measures to put them out of her reach.

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