Orithyia

In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (Template:IPAc-en;<ref>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. Template:IPAc-en "as in Walker" (see e.g. Walker and Trollope, A key to the classical pronunciation etc., London, 1830, p. 123)</ref> Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was the name of the following women:

• Orithyia or Orythya,<ref>Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero)</ref> the Nereid of raging seas<ref name=":02">Template:Cite book</ref> and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.<ref>Homer, Iliad 18.48</ref> She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his lover Patroclus.<ref name="Hom">Homer, Iliad 18.39-51</ref>
• Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.<ref>Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eurōpos</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who was abducted by Boreas.<ref>Apollodorus, 3.15.1</ref>
• Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis.<ref>Antoninus Liberalis, 34</ref>
• Orithyia, queen of the Amazons.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.5.9</ref>

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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Template:ISBN. 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.