Aethusa
Aethusa
Ancient Greek mythological figure
In Greek mythology, Aethusa (Ancient Greek: Αἵθουσα) was a daughter of Poseidon and the Pleiad Alcyone, daughter of Atlas.[1][2][3] She was loved by Apollo and bore to him Eleuther[4] and Linus.[5] Through either of the latter two, Aethusa became the grandmother of Pierus, father of Oeagrus, father of the musician Orpheus. Because of this genealogical fact, she was usually identified as a Thracian.[6]
The word aethusa was used as an epithet for a portico that was open to the sun above.[7]
According to Pliny's Naturalis Historia, Aethusa is also the eponym of the Italian island which is now called Linosa.
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