# Cyane — Metamorphoses character guide

> Cyane in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0051-cyane-dissolves-to-a-fountain

## Who they are

Nymph who dissolves into a fountain for opposing Pluto.

## In the story

### [Rape of Proserpine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/rape-of-proserpine)

Sicilian nymph who confronts Pluto and attempts to stop the abduction.

### [Cyane Dissolves to a Fountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/cyane-dissolves-to-a-fountain)

The nymph who dissolves into a fountain while lamenting the loss of Proserpine.

### [Boy Transformed to an Eft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/boy-transformed-to-an-eft)

The nymph Cyane is mentioned as a spring that could have told of Proserpina's fate but is now silent.

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