Athenais (seer)

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Athenais by John William Godward, 1908.

Athenais (Template:Langx) was a prophetess from Erythrae in Ionia, Asia Minor. She lived at the time of Alexander the Great.<ref>Strabo, 14.1.34.</ref> According to Strabo, Athenais was one of the oracles which claimed divine descent for Alexander the Great.<ref>Strabo, 17.1.43</ref>

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