She was the daughter of the river-god Achelous and the Muse Melpomene[2] or her sister Terpsichore[3].Ligeia's sisters were Parthenope and Leucosia[4][5][6][7] or Thelxipeia and Peisinoe[8]. She was found ashore of Terina in Bruttium (modern Calabria).[9]