Ianthe

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • One of the 3,000 Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
  • The Cretan girl who married Iphis after Isis turned Iphis from a woman into a man.
  • 98 Ianthe, a main belt asteroid.

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek Ἰάνθη.

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