Eidyia
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In Greek mythology, Eidyia was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys[1], and queen to Aeetes, king of Colchis.[2] Mother of Medea, Chalciope and Apsyrtus[3][4][5][6], she was also the youngest of the Oceanides.[7] Some sources called her the goddess of knowledge.
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- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 352
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3. 268
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 960
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 9. 23
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
- ^ Accounts vary on the name of Apsyrtus' mother, and only Apollodorus (1. 9. 23) seems to consider him full brother of Medea; see Apsyrtus.
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3. 244-245
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