Editing Aethra (mythology)

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aethra''' or '''Aithra''' ({{langx|grc|Αἴθρα|Aíthra|bright sky}},<ref>[[Robert Graves]], ''The Greek Myths'', (1955; 1960) index, ''s.v.'' "Aethra".</ref><ref name=":02">Bane, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nSuXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA13 p. 13].</ref> {{IPA|el|ǎi̯tʰra|pron}}, {{IPAc-en|lang|ˈ|iː|θ|r|ə|}}) was a name applied to four different individuals:<ref>Bell, pp. 10&ndash;13.</ref>
* Aethra, name of one of the [[Oceanids]], the 3000 daughters of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]. She is sometimes called the wife of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] and mother of the [[Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]], [[Hyades (mythology)|Hyades]] (more usually the offspring of [[Pleione (mythology)|Pleione]]) and [[Hyas]].<ref name=":02" /><ref>Bell, p. 13.</ref><ref>[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA322 fr. 90c]  ([[Robert Fowler (academic)|Fowler]] 2013, p. 13); [[Ovid]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/143#5.159 5.171]; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#192 192], ''[[De Astronomica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.21.4 2.21.4]; [[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 1155</ref>
* Aethra (possibly same as above) is, in one source, called the wife of [[Hyperion (mythology)|Hyperion]], rather than [[Theia]], and mother of [[Helios]], [[Eos]], and [[Selene]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#p.9 Preface]</ref>
* [[Aethra (mother of Theseus)|Aethra]], daughter of King [[Pittheus]] of [[Troezen]] and mother of [[Theseus]] either by [[Poseidon]]<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Theseus'' 3; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14 14]</ref> or [[Aegeus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.15.7 3.15.7]; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#37 37]</ref> This is the same Aethra who went to Troy with Helen as one of her two handmaidens.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.144</ref>
* Aethra, wife of the [[Sparta]]n [[Phalanthus of Tarentum|Phalanthus]]. She fulfilled the prophecy given to her husband by her tears, after which he conquered [[Taranto|Tarentum]] for himself.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 10.10.6-8</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*Bell, Robert E., ''Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary''. [[ABC-Clio]]. 1991. {{ISBN|9780874365818|0874365813}}.
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/207 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths'', Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Plutarch|Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus]], ''Lives'' with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0067 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0075 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' translated by James G. Frazer. [https://topostext.org/work/143 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Fasti.'' Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0547 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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