Nephele

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Nephele
Cloud nymph
Member of the Athamantian Royal House
Punishment of Ixion
Nephele sitting at Mercury's feet. Roman fresco in the House of the Vettii Pompeii
AbodeThessaly, then Boeotia
ParentsFormed from a cloud by Zeus
ConsortIxion, Athamas
OffspringCentaurus, Phrixus and Helle

In Greek and Roman mythology, Nephele (/ˈnɛfəliː/; Ancient Greek: Νεφέλη, romanized: Nephélē, lit. 'cloud, mass of clouds'; corresponding to Latin nebula) is the name of two figures associated with clouds, sometimes confused with each other, who figure respectively in the stories of Ixion and in the story of Phrixus and Helle.

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