Aethra

Aethra in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (Ancient Greek: Αἴθρα, the "bright sky"[1]) was a name applied to three individuals: Æthra was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and, with the king Aegeus of Athens - or in some versions, Poseidon -father of Theseus. Ægeus went to Troezen, a city southwest of Athens that had as its patrons Athena and P...

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Aethra in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Ai)/qra). 1. A daughter of king Pittheus of Troezen. Bellerophon sued for her hand, but was banished from Corinth before the nuptials took place. (Paus. 2.31.12.) She was surprised on one occasion by Poseidon in the island of Sphaeria, whither she had gone, in consequence of a dream, for the purpose of offering a sacrifice on the tomb of Sph...

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