Orithyia Explained

In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (;^[1] Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ὠρείθυια|Ōreíthyia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women:

• Orithyia or Orythya,^[2] the Nereid of raging seas^[3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[4] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.^[5]
• Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.^{[6] [7]}
• Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who was abducted by Boreas.^[8]
• Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis.^[9]
• Orithyia, queen of the Amazons.^[10]

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.

Notes and References

1. [Joseph Emerson Worcester]
2. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
3. Book: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2013. 9780786471119. 262.
4. [Homer]
5. Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
6. [Stephanus of Byzantium]
7. Web site: The Ancient Library - Europus . 2007-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070905110424/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1216.html . 2007-09-05 . dead .
8. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
9. [Antoninus Liberalis]
10. Apollodorus, 2.5.9