Orithyia
In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (/ɒrɪˈθaɪ.ə/;[1] Greek: Ὠρείθυια Ōreithuia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women:
- Orithyia, one of the Nereids.[2][3]
- Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.[4][5]
- Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus.[6]
- Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis.[7]
- Orithyia (Amazon), queen of the Amazons
Notes
- ^ Joseph Emerson Worcester, A comprehensive dictionary of the English language, Boston, 1871, p. 480, rule 3, where he notes that the pronunciation of such names is not e.g. /ɒˌrɪθiˈaɪ.ə/ "as in Walker" (see e.g. Walker and Trollope, A key to the classical pronunciation etc., London, 1830, p. 123)
- ^ Homer. Iliad, 18
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Eurōpos
- ^ "The Ancient Library - Europus". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ Bibliotheca 3.15.1.
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, 34.
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