Aethra (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (Ancient Greek: Αἴθρα, romanizedAíthra, lit.'bright sky',[1][2] pronounced [ǎi̯tʰra], English: /ˈθrə/) was a name applied to four different individuals:[3]

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  1. ^ Robert Graves, The Greek Myths, (1955; 1960) index, s.v. "Aethra".
  2. ^ a b Bane, p. 13.
  3. ^ Bell, pp. 10–13.
  4. ^ Bell, p. 13.
  5. ^ Pherecydes, fr. 90c (Fowler 2013, p. 13; Ovid, Fasti 5.171; Hyginus, Fabulae 192, De Astronomica 2.21; Eustathius on Homer's Iliad 1155.
  6. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.
  7. ^ Plutarch, Theseus 3; Hyginus, Fabulae 14.
  8. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.7; Hyginus, Fabulae 37.
  9. ^ Homer, Iliad 3.144
  10. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10.10.6–8

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