Orithyia
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In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (/ɒrɪˈθaɪ.ə/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ὠρείθυια, romanized: Ōreíthyia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women:
- Orithyia or Orythya,[2] the Nereid of raging seas[3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[4] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of Patroclus.[5]
- Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.[6][7]
- Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who was abducted by Boreas.[8]
- Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis.[9]
- Orithyia, queen of the Amazons.[10]
