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LNS

Ōrīthȳīa, Ōrīthȳīae

Orithyia

Ὠρείθυια

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a female proper name
A daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens
who became by Boreas the mother of Calais and Zetes
A queen of the Amazons

Abbreviations

Ōrīthȳīa (quadrisyl.), ae, f., = Ὠρείθυια, a female proper name. A daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens; who became by Boreas the mother of Calais and Zetes, Ov. M. 6, 683; Verg. G. 4, 463; id. A. 12, 83; Sil. 8, 5, 16; Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3.

— A queen of the Amazons, Just. 2, 4, 17.