Electryone

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In Greek mythology, Electryone (Ancient Greek: Ἠλεκτρυώνην) or Alectrona (Doric form) was a daughter of Helios and Rhodos, and sister to the Heliadae.[1] She died a virgin and was worshipped as a heroine on the island of Rhodes.[2]

She was possibly a

rooster"), while the Attic form Electryone is akin to the word for "amber" (Ἠλέκτρα, Elektra), as in the amber color of sunrise
.

A marble tablet from the 3rd century BC found in Ialyssus contains an inscription about the regulations for visitors to the temple of Alectrona.[3]

Genealogy

Greek sea gods
Gaia
Uranus
OceanusTethys
The PotamoiThe Oceanids
Thalassa
NereusThaumasPhorcysCetoEurybiaThe TelchinesHaliaPoseidonAphrodite[4]
Gorgon
GraeaeLadonHesperidesThoosa[5]HeliosRhodos
Deino
HeliadaeElectryone
Euryale
Enyo
Pemphredo

Notes

  1. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Odes 7.24
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.56.5
  3. ^ "Regulations for Visitors to the Temple of Alectrona at Ialysus"
  4. ^ There are two major conflicting stories for Aphrodite's origins: Hesiod (Theogony) claims that she was "born" from the foam of the sea after Cronus castrated Uranus, thus making her Uranus' daughter; but Homer (Iliad, book V) has Aphrodite as daughter of Zeus and Dione. According to Plato (Symposium 180e), the two were entirely separate entities: Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos.
  5. ^ Homer, Odyssey, 1.70–73, names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother.
  6. Gorgon
    and Ceto.

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