Monday, January 18, 2021

Areia (mythology)

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Areia''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀρεία means ''"warlike"'') or '''Aria''' was the [[Crete|Cretan]] [[nymph]] daughter of [[Cleochus]]. She became the mother by [[Apollo]] of [[Miletus (mythology)|Miletus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' [https://ift.tt/2XTCrNO 3.1.2]</ref>

== Mythology ==
When Areia gave birth to her son she hid him in a bed of [[smilax]], Cleochus found the child there and named him Miletus after the plant.<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'', 1.185</ref>

== Notes ==
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== Reference ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [https://ift.tt/2EfF2sQ Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://ift.tt/2EpEfpU Greek text available from the same website].





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