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Tithorea (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Tithorea (Ancient Greek: Τιθορεα) a Phocian nymph of Mount Parnassus, from whom the town of Tithorea, previously called Neon, was believed to have derived its name. She was possibly a dryad.[1]

Note

  1. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.32.9

References

  • Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Gaea"