According to classical mythographic summaries, Coryphe is one of the 3,000 Oceanids, the daughters born to the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. As an Oceanid she is part of the vast familial network of water-associated female divinities in Greek myth. In variant local traditions cited in the available sources, she is named as mother by Zeus of a locally venerated figure called Coria in Arcadia, whom those Arcadians worshipped as an inventress of chariots.
No physical description of Coryphe is preserved in the supplied sources. Like many Oceanids, she survives in the record primarily as a name within a genealogical list; the literature frequently leaves individual Oceanids unnamed or uncharacterized beyond lineage, and the provided material records no iconography or detailed portrayal for Coryphe herself.
The supplied sources do not attribute specific powers, deeds, or habitual behaviors to Coryphe as an individual. The only attested functional role is genealogical: in some variants she is the mother (by Zeus) of an Arcadian Coria associated with the invention of chariots. Beyond this maternal/genealogical note, no abilities or interactions with mortals are documented in the provided material.
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- [1]Coryphe (Wikipedia). Wikipedia article 'Coryphe' summarizing classical attestations (cites classical source Cicero, De Natura Deorum, among references).wiki
- [2]CORYPHÉE (archive entry — homonymous modern musical record). Archive record for modern musical item titled 'CORYPHÉE' — noted as a homonymous modern usage unrelated to the mythic Oceanid.other
- [3]Mithraculus / Mithrax coryphe (crab species pages — homonymous taxonomic usage). Species page for Mithraculus coryphe — cited in research notes as unrelated modern taxonomic usage of the name 'coryphe'.other