Idyia
In Greek mythology, Idyia, or Eidyia /aɪˈdaɪ.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] Some sources called her the goddess of knowledge.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 352
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.241–244, 269.
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 960.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, 1.9.23.
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
- ^ Accounts vary on the name of Absyrtus' mother, and only Apollodorus (1.9.23) seems to consider him full brother of Medea; see Absyrtus.
- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.243–244.
References
- Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
- Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius: the Argonautica, translated by Robert Cooper Seaton, W. Heinemann, 1912. Internet Archive.
- Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, The Myths of Hyginus. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
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