Hyrmine (Hyrmina)

In the attested mythographic tradition Hyrmine (Hyrmina) is an Elean princess whose name was given to the town of Hyrmine in Elis. Sources report variant genealogies: she is named a daughter of Neleus in some accounts, of Nycteus in others, or of Epeius and Anaxiroe in alternate local traditions. She is also reported as wife of Phorbas in certain versions and as mother of sons such as Actor (who is explicitly credited with founding the city of Hyrmina), and in some accounts Augeas and Tiphys are counted among her children. These varying attributions appear across mythographic compilations and later summaries (Apollodorus/Hyginus summaries as preserved in modern reference works and place-entry compilations).

Ancient sources and later summaries provide no physical description of Hyrmine. She is attested solely as a genealogical and toponymic figure in literary and geographical accounts; no clothing, physiognomy, or iconographic attributes are recorded in the supplied materials. Her 'appearance' in the tradition is therefore literary and nominal—she exists as a named ancestor and source of a place-name rather than as a depicted visual persona.

No supernatural abilities or powers are attributed to Hyrmine in the examined sources. Her role is social and topographic: she functions as an ancestral/eponymous heroine who links local lineages and provides a mythic origin for the town of Hyrmine. The principal actions ascribed to her in the tradition are familial—being daughter, wife, and mother—and foundational through her son Actor, who is said to have founded the city named for her. Variant traditions also place important regional figures (e.g., Augeas, Tiphys) within her genealogy, thereby integrating the locality into broader heroic networks.