Nephele
[nef-uh-lee] /ˈnɛf əˌli/
noun, Classical Mythology.
1.
a woman formed from a cloud by Zeus as a counterfeit of Hera, in order to deceive the lustful Ixion: mother by Ixion of the centaurs.
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