Idyia

In Greek mythology, Idyia, or Eidyia /ˈd.ə/ was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys,[1] and queen to Aeetes, king of Colchis.[2] Mother of Medea, Chalciope and Absyrtus,[3][4][5][6] she was also the youngest of the Oceanides.[7]

Notes

  1. Hesiod, Theogony, 352
  2. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.241244, 269.
  3. Hesiod, Theogony, 960.
  4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, 1.9.23.
  5. Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
  6. Accounts vary on the name of Absyrtus' mother, and only Apollodorus (1.9.23) seems to consider him full brother of Medea; see Absyrtus.
  7. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.243244.

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