Actaea (Greek mythology)
Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore by Frederic Leighton (1853 - 1858)
In Greek mythology, Actaea (Ancient Greek: Ἁκταία, from ἁκτή "seashore") may refer to the following figures:
- Actaea, one of the Nereids[1][2]
- Actaea, one of the Danaids, daughter of Danaus and Pieria. She married Periphas, son of Aegyptus.[3]
- Actaea, the former name of Attica. It was renamed in honour of Atthis, daughter of Cranaus.[4]
References
- ↑ Bibliotheca 1.2.7.
- ↑ Hesiod. Theogony, 240.
- ↑ Apollodorus. Library, 2.1.5.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 1.2.7.
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