Aethyia

A surname of Athena, under which she was worshiped in Megara.1 The word αἴθυια (aithuia) signifies a diver, and figuratively a ship, so that the name must have reference to the goddess teaching the art of ship-building or navigation.

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 5.3; 41.6; Lycophron. Alexandra, 359.
  2. Tzetzes on Lycophron, l.c.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.