Aethusa
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Aethusa
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Aethusa (Gr. Αἵθουσα) was in Greek mythology a daughter of Poseidon and Alcyone, who was beloved by Apollo, and bore to him Eleuther.[1][2][3]
The word aethusa was used as an epithet for a portico that was open to the sun, that is, Apollo.[4]
According to Pliny's Naturalis Historia, Aethusa is also the eponym of the Italian island which is now called Linosa
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 10. § 3
- ^ Pausanias, 9. 20. ,§ 2
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Aethusa". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston, MA. pp. 51. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0060.html
- ^ Jebb, Richard Claverhouse (1887). Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey. Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons. http://books.google.com/?id=S9MfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA58&dq=aethusa#PPA59,M1.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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