Opida ( Describe , ancient Greek. Ὤπις , Ὄυπις "eye"). Character ancient Greek mythology. Arrived in Delos from the country of Hyperboreans with the gifts of Ilithia [1] . Hyperborean maiden, Orion tried to rape her, but Artemis killed him. [2] The heroine on Delos, the daughter of Boreas [3] . They make sacrifices to her [4] . She dedicated the anthem Melanop of Kim [5] . It is also the epithet of Artemis [6] (in Kallimah Usp [7] ). She is mentioned by Nonn [8] .
Notes
- ↑ Herodotus. Story IV 35
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodor. Mythological library I 4, 5
- ↑ Callimachus. Hymns IV 292
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas I 43, 4
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas V 7, 8
- ↑ Alexander of Aetoli. Muses
- ↑ Callimachus. Hymns III 204
- ↑ Nonn. Acts of Dionysus V 490