Ornea

In Greek mythology, Ornea or Ornia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρνία, lit. 'bird-like' or 'of a bird') was the eponym of Orneae, a town in Argolis. Otherwise, it is attributed to Orneus, the Athenian son of King Erechtheus.

Family

Ornia was one of the daughters of the river-god Asopus and Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon. She was the sister of Pelasgus, Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Pirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, Asopis, Sinope, Chalcis and Harpina.

Notes

  1. ↑ The name is derived from the root word ὄρνεον (orneon), which means bird.
  2. ↑ Pausanias, 2.25.6 & 10.35.8; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, Orneiai; Eusebius, Chronographia 66
  3. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
  4. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.73.1.

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