Actaea (mythology)

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

Actaea was a name attributed to two characters in Greek mythology.

[edit] Other uses

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