Cyrene (mythology) Cyrene (mythology) In Greek mythology, Cyrene () or Kyrene (, "Sovereign Queen"), was a Thessalian princess, and later, the queen and ruler of the North African city of Cyrene. According to the myth, the city was founded and named after her by Apollo. As recorded in Pindar's ninth Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, although some myths state that her father was actually the river-god Peneus and she was a nymph rather than a mortal. According to Apollonius Rhodius, she also had a sister called Larissa. By the god Apollo she bore Aristaeus and
Elvis's Twin Sister its use of colloquial language. The poem goes on to describe Elvis's sister as a nun in a convent, tending its garden. At Poetry Live in London, Duffy performed the poem herself on 1 December 2008. Elvis's Twin Sister "Elvis's Twin Sister" is a frequently cited poem by Carol Ann Duffy that is said to reflect "the hidden lives of generations of overlooked women" as part of the collection "The World's Wife", of 30 similar poems dealing with the female relatives of famous men throughout history. The poem is sometimes studied by schoolchildren in the United Kingdom as part of