Idyia

In Greek mythology, Idyia, or Eidyia /aɪˈdaɪ.ə/ was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys,[1] and queen to Aeetes, king of Colchis.[2] She was the mother of Medea, Chalciope and Absyrtus.[3][4][5][6] According to Apollonius of Rhodes, she was the youngest of the Oceanides.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony, 352
  2. ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.241–244, 269.
  3. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony, 960.
  4. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, 1.9.23.
  5. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
  6. ↑ Accounts vary on the name of Absyrtus' mother, and only Apollodorus (1.9.23) seems to consider him full brother of Medea; see Absyrtus.
  7. ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.243–244.

References

  • Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
  • Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius: the Argonautica, translated by Robert Cooper Seaton, W. Heinemann, 1912. Internet Archive.
  • Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
  • Hyginus, Gaius Julius, The Myths of Hyginus. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
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