Actaea_(Greek_myth)

Actaea (Greek myth)

Actaea (Greek myth)

Refers to several individuals in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Actaeä or Aktaia (/ækˈtiːə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀκταία, romanized: Aktaía, "the dweller on coasts,"[1] from ἀκτή, "seashore") may refer to the following figures:[2]

Actaea, the Nymph of the Shore by Frederic Leighton (1853–1858)

Notes

  1. [1]
    Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
  2. [2]
    Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 4. ISBN 9780874365818.
  3. [3]
    Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero; Staveren; Bunte)
  4. [4]
    Homer, Iliad 18.41; Apollodorus, 1.2.7; Hesiod, Theogony 240
  5. [5]
    Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 11, 12. ISBN 9780786471119.
  6. [6]
    Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
  7. [7]
    Apollodorus, 2.1.5
  8. [8]
    Pausanias, 1.2.6

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