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== Mythology ==
Lycorias was mentioned by [[Virgil]] as one of the nymphs in the train of [[Cyrene (mythology)|Cyrene]]<ref>Virgil, ''Georgics'' 4.333 ff.</ref><blockquote>"But from her chamber in the river depth the mother heard his cry. Around her the Nymphs carded Milesian fleeces stained with rich sea-dyes, Drymo and Xantho, Ligea and Phyllodoce, their bright tresses falling loose over their snowy necks; and Cydippe and golden-haired Lycorias, the one a maiden, the other even then knowing the first throes of travail; and Clio and Beroë her sister, both daughters of Ocean, both"</blockquote>