Orithyia

In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (/ɒrɪˈθaɪ.ə/;[1] Greek: Ὠρείθυια Ōreithuia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women:

Orithyia, one of the Nereids.[2][3]
Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.[4][5]
Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus.[6]
Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis.[7]
Orithyia (Amazon), queen of the Amazons

Notes

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. /ɒˌrɪθiˈaɪ.ə/ "as in Walker" (see e.g. Walker and Trollope, A key to the classical pronunciation etc., London, 1830, p. 123)
Homer. Iliad, 18
Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface.
Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Eurōpos
"The Ancient Library - Europus". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
Bibliotheca 3.15.1.
Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, 34.

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[1] 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. /ɒˌrɪθiˈaɪ.ə/ "as in Walker" (see e.g. Walker and Trollope, A key to the classical pronunciation etc., London, 1830, p. 123)

[2] Homer. Iliad, 18

[3] Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface.

[4] Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Eurōpos

[5] "The Ancient Library - Europus". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-11-12.

[6] Bibliotheca 3.15.1.

[7] Antoninus Liberalis. Metamorphoses, 34.