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[865] Γυγαίη λίμνη, near Sardis, Herod.i. 93; cf. 20.391. Strabo says it was afterwards called “Κολόη”. The name obviously has to do with the familiar Gyges. The mother was of course the “Νηΐς” or nymph of the lake. Cf. 6.22, 14.444, 20.384. There is no other case in H. of maternity attributed to a lake, though rivers are often fathers (e.g. 21.159). The variant “λίμνηι” (locatival) was meant to avoid this objection, by making “Γυγαίη” the name of the nymph.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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