Aora_(mythology)

Aora (mythology)

Aora (mythology)

Greek mythological nympth

In Greek mythology, Aora (Ancient Greek: Ἀώρας) was a nymph by whom the town of Aoros in Crete was named after.[1] Aristocrats from the town of Eleutherna claimed descent from Aora and her husband Eleuther, one of the Kouretes.[2]

Note

  1. [1]
    Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Aōros
  2. [2]
    Edmonds, Radcliffe G. (2010). "The Children of Earth and Starry Heaven: The Meaning and Function of the Formula in the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets". Orfeo y el orfismo: nuevas perspectivas. p. 114.

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