Corycia
Cory'cia
(Κωρυκία or Κωρυκίς), a nymph, who became by Apollo the mother of Lycorus or Lycoreus, and from whom the Corycian cave in mount Parnassus was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. 10.6.2, 32.2.) The plural, Coryciae, is applied to the daughters of Pleistus. (Apollon. 2.710; Ov. Met. 1.320, Heroid. 20.221.) [L.S]
Corycia
(Κωρυκία). A nymph, who became by Apollo the mother of Lycorus, or Lycoreus, and from whom the Corycian cave on Mount Parnassus was believed to have derived its name. (See Pausan. x. 6, 5.) The Muses are sometimes called by the poets Corycides Nymphae.
Corycia
Corycia, nymph
- mother of Lycorus by Apollo: Paus. 10.6.3
- gives her name to Corycian cave: Paus. 10.32.2