Erytheia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Erythia or Erytheia or Erythea (Ancient Greek: Ερυθεια from erythos "red") may refer to the following figures:

Erythia, also called Erytheis (Ερυθεις), one of the Hesperides (Nymphs of the West). She was the mother of Eurytion by Ares.
Erythia, daughter of Geryon and mother, by Hermes, of Norax, the man who led the Iberians to Sardinia.[1]
Erythia, the home of the above three-bodied giant Geryon.

References

Pausanias. Description of Greece, 10.17.5. 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.

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