Orifia ( Oritia ; ancient Greek Ὠρείθυια , “blowing through the mountains”) - in ancient Greek mythology, the daughter of the king of Athens, Erechtheus , Boreas' wife, Cleopatra's mother and Hiony and the winged boreads of Zefa and Kalaid [2] .
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She is called the "Marathon Maiden" [3] . The beauty is stolen by Boreas and taken to the far north. Her sons Zet and Kalaid participated in the campaign of the Argonauts, according to one of the versions on the way back they passed a channel in the mountains of Ripah. Hyperboreans resided behind the possessions of Boreas and Orifia [4] . Orifia gave the weapon to Penfesilee [5] .
The protagonist of the tragedy of Aeschylus "Orifia."
Oritia ( Orifia ) was also recognized by one of the Amazon queens, an ally of the Scythian king Sagil and his son Panasagor . The name is played up in connection with the name of Mount Ripa, Reefs - living in Reef County [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Gantz T. Mythes de la Grèce archaïque - Paris : Éditions Belin , 2004. - P. 1387. - ISBN 978-2-7011-3067-5
- ↑ N. Kun. Legends and myths of ancient Greece; Myths of the peoples of the world. Encyclopedia. M., 1987.
- ↑ Nonn. The Acts of Dionysus XXXIX 112; Xlvii 436
- ↑ 1 2 Herald of ancient history. 1947-1949; 1950 - a pointer to the arch of ancient sources V. V. Latysheva
- ↑ Quintus Smyrna. After Homer I 217