Crocale


In Greek mythology, Crocale was a naiad in the train of Artemis. She was probably from Thebes by the account of her parentage.

Family

Crocale was the daughter of the river-god Ismenus, and thus possibly the sister of other naiads: Dirce, Strophia, Ismenis; and the younger Linus, the music teacher of Heracles.

Mythology

Crocale only appeared in the account of Ovid in his Metamorphoses where she was mentioned as one of the nymph attendants of Artemis who was accidentally seen naked by the hunter Actaeon: