Acraea Explained

Acraea (Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀκραία means 'of the heights' from akraios) was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.^[1]

• Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymna acted as nurses to Hera.^[2] A hill opposite the temple of Hera near Mycenae was named Acraea for her.^[3]
• Acraea and Acraeus are also epithets given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, including Zeus, Hera,^[4] Aphrodite,^[5] Athena and Artemis.^{[6] [7]}

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. .
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bell, Robert E.. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. 1991. 9780874365818. 3.
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. Pausanias, 2.17.2
4. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
5. Pausanias, 1.1.3
6. [Vitruvius]
7. [Ezechiel Spanheim]