Acraea
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Acraea (Gr. Ακραία) was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.[1]
- Acraea was a daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymna acted as nurses to Hera. A hill Acraea opposite the temple of Hera near Mycenae derived its name from her.[2]
- Acraea and Acraeus are also epithets given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, such as Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Pallas, Artemis, and others.[3][4][5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), “Acraea”, in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, pp. 14
- ^ Pausanias, ii. 17. § 2
- ^ Pausanias, i. 1. § 3, ii. 24. § 1
- ^ Apollodorus, i. 9. §28
- ^ Vitruv. i. 7
- ^ Spanheim, ad Callim. Hymn in Jov. 82
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
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