Actaea (mythology)

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Frederic Leighton, Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore (c.1958)
Frederic Leighton, Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore (c.1958)

Actaea is the name of two characters in Greek mythology

1. Actaea one of the Nereids (Sea Nymphs)[1][2]

2. Actaea one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Pieria. She married Periphas, son of Aegyptus [3]

[edit] Other Uses

1. Actaea in Greek mythology is the former name of Attica. It was renamed in honour of Atthis, daughter of Cranaus. [4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 1.2.7 [1]
  2. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 240 [2]
  3. ^ Apollodorus, Library, 2.1.5 [3]
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.2.7
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