Orithyia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (/ɒrɪˈθaɪ.ə/;^[1] Greek: Ὠρείθυια Ōreithuia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following figures:

Orithyia, the Nereid.^[2]^[3]
Orithyia, a nymph, mother of Thias by Belus and thus grandmother of Adonis.^[4]
Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.^[5]^[6]
Orithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens.^[7]
Orithyia, an Amazon.^[8]

References

↑ 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.
↑ Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, 34.
↑ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Eurōpos
↑ The Ancient Library - Europus
↑ Bibliotheca 3.15.1.
↑ Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos, I. 15

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[1] 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)

[2] Homer. Iliad, 18

[3] Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface.

[4] Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, 34.

[5] Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Eurōpos

[6] The Ancient Library - Europus

[7] Bibliotheca 3.15.1.

[8] Orosius, Historiae adversus paganos, I. 15