About Report a problem

Menu

Orithyia

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Ōrīthyīa (quadrisyll.), ae, f.: daughter of Erectheus, king of Athens, and wife of Boreas.
Ōrīthȳīa (quadrisyl.), ae, f., = Ὠρείθυια, a female proper name.
  • I A daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens; who became by Boreas the mother of Calaïs and Zetes, Ov. M. 6, 683; Verg. G. 4, 463; id. A. 12, 83; Sil. 8, 5, 16; Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3.—
  • II A queen of the Amazons, Just. 2, 4, 17.

Saved

Recent