In Ancient Greek religion, Antheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθεία, lit. 'Flowergoddess')[1] or Anthea, was an epithet of both the goddesses Hera and Aphrodite. According to the geographer Pausanias, there was a temple of Hera Antheia at Argos,[2] while according to Hesychius, Antheia was a name used for Aphrodite at Knossos.[3]
Notes
- ^ Willets, p. 209.
- ^ Pirenne-Delforge, and Pironti, s.v Hera; Smith, s.v. Antheia; LSJ, s.v. Ἄνθεια; Pausanias, 2.22.1.
- ^ Willets, p. 209; Smith, s.v. Antheia; LSJ, s.v. Ἄνθεια; Hesychius, s.v. Ἄνθεια.
References
- Liddell, Henry George, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1940. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Hesychius of Alexandria, Hesychii Alexandrini lexicon, Moritz Schmidt (ed.), Jenae, Sumptibus Hermanni Dufftii (Libraria Maukiana), 1867. Internet Archive
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pirenne-Delforge, Vinciane, and Gabriella Pironti, s.v. Hera, published online 30 July 2015, revised 26 October 2017, in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, edited by Tim Whitmarsh, digital ed, New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5.
- R. F. Willetts (1977). The Civilization of Ancient Crete. University of California Press. p. 209.
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