Thyia
(Θυία).
1. A daughter of Castalius or Cephisseus, became by Apollo the mother of Delphus. (Paus. 10.6.2; Hdt. 7.178.) She is said to have been the first to have sacrificed to Dionysus, and to have celebrated orgies in his honour. Hence the Attic women, who every year went to Mount Parnassus to celebrate the Dionysiac orgies with the Delphian Thyiades, received themselves the name of Thyades or Thyiades. (Paus. l.c. 10.4.2, 22.5; comp. 29.2 ; Lobeck, Aglaoph. p. 285.)
2. A daughter of Deucalion, and, by Zeus, the mother of Macedon. (Hes. Fragm. 26, ed. Göttling ; Steph. Byz. s. v. Μακεδονία) [L.S]
THYIA (Θυιά), a place in Phocis, where the Delphians erected an altar to the winds, derived its name from Thyia, a daughter of Cephissus or Castalius, and the mother of Delphus by Apollo. (Hdt. 7.178; Dict. of Biogr. art. THYIA)
(Θυία). A daughter of Castalius or Cephisseus, became by Apollo the mother of Delphus. She is said to have been the first to have sacrificed to Dionysus, and to have celebrated orgies in his honour. From her the Attic women, who went yearly to Mount Parnassus to celebrate the Dionysiac orgies with the Delphian Thyiades, received themselves the name of Thyiădes or Thyădes. This word, however, comes from θύω, and properly signifies the raging or frantic women. See Maenas.
- first priestess of Dionysus: Paus. 10.6.4
- loved by Poseidon: Paus. 10.29.5
- Paus. 6.26.1ff.
- altar of the winds erected in her precinct at Delphi (also called Thyia): Hdt. 7.178