Chelone
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Chelone is
- a plant genus (Chelone) commonly known as Turtleheads.
- a nymph in Greek mythology, Χελωνη, Khelônê, invented to provide an etiological myth for the tortoise: in one of Aesop's Fables, she refused to attend or was disrespectful at the marriage of Zeus and Hera, and as a result was changed into a tortoise, condemning her to eternal silence. "Khelônê" means "tortoise" in Greek and the tortoise was a symbol of silence in ancient times. The fourth century CE grammarian Servius, On Virgil's Aeneid, intrudes Mercury into the episode.
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