Antheia
Alfons Mucha
, 1896)Antheia (
swamps and flowery wreaths. She is the daughter of Zeus and Eurynome. She was depicted in Athenian vase painting as one of the attendants of Aphrodite.[1]
Mythology
Her name Antheia is derived from the Ancient Greek word
lowlands and marshlands, favorable to the growth of vegetation. She was also the goddess of human love. Her symbols are gold-colored items like honey and myrrh. [6]
Antheia is also the Greek name of Ancient Sozopolis in modern Bulgaria, and another Antheia was a village that was later adapted into Patras around 1000 BC.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Kharities". Theoi Project. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- ^ Joan V. O'Brien (1993). The Transformation of Hera. p. 139.
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 22. § 1.
- ^ R. F. Willetts (1977). The Civilization of Ancient Crete. University of California Press. p. 209.
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aphrodite". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Ramesh Chopra (2005). Academic Dictionary Of Mythology. p. 28.
