Callithyia (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Callithyia or Kallithyia (; Ancient Greek: Καλλίθυια) may refer to two different women:

• Callithyia, daughter of Peiras^[1] and mother of Trochilus.^[2]
• Callithyia, one of the daughters of King Aeolus of Lipara, the keeper of the winds.^[3] She had six brothers namely: Periphas, Agenor, Euchenor, Klymenos, Xouthos, Macareus, and five sisters: Klymene, Eurygone, Lysidike, Kanake and an unnamed one.^[4] According to various accounts, Aeolus yoked in marriage his sons and daughters, including Kallithyia, in order to preserve concord and affection among them.^{[5] [6]}

Notes

1. [Plutarch]
2. [Scholia]
3. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 147, 10.41. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.
4. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 147, 10.39–42. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.
5. Book: [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Odyssey. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2019. 978-0-674-23837-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 147, 10.43–44. Goldwyn. Adam J.. Kokkini. Dimitra.
6. [Homer]

References

• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Odyssey translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.