Acraea
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Acraea (Greek: Ἀκραία) was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.[1]
- Acraea was a daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymna (Πρόσυμνα) acted as nurses to Hera. A hill Acraea opposite the temple of Hera near Mycenae derived its name from her.[2]
- Acraea and Acraeus are also epithets given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, such as Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Pallas, Artemis, and others.[3][4][5][6]
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References
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- ↑ Pausanias, ii. 17. § 2
- ↑ Pausanias, i. 1. § 3, ii. 24. § 1
- ↑ Bibliotheca i. 9. §28
- ↑ Vitruv. i. 7
- ↑ Ezechiel Spanheim, In Callimachi hymnos observationes, in Jov. 82.
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