Speio
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thumb|right |Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids by [[Théodore Chassériau (1840). Oil on canvas, 92 x 74 cm (36.2 x 29.1 in). Louvre, Paris]] In Greek mythology, Spio (Ancient Greek: Σπειώ means 'the dweller in the caves') was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Variations of her name were Speio and Speo.
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thumb|right |Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids by [[Théodore Chassériau (1840). Oil on canvas, 92 x 74 cm (36.2 x 29.1 in). Louvre, Paris]] In Greek mythology, Spio (Ancient Greek: Σπειώ means 'the dweller in the caves') was one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Variations of her name were Speio and Speo.
== 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.