Spio

In Greek mythology, Spio (Ancient Greek: Σπειώ means 'the dweller in the caves'^[1]) was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[2] Variations of her name were Speio^[3] and Speo.^[4]

Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids (1840). Oil on canvas, 92 x 74 cm (36.2 x 29.1 in). Louvre, Paris

Mythology

Speio and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.^[5]

In some accounts, Spio, together with her sisters Cymodoce, Nesaea and Thalia, was one of the nymphs in the train of Cyrene.^[6] Later on, these four together with their other sisters Thetis, Melite and Panopea, were able to help the hero Aeneas and his crew during a storm.^[7]