Atthis

Or Attis (Ἄττις), a daughter of Cranaus, from whom Attica, which was before called Actaea, was believed to have derived its name.1

The two birds into which Philomela and her sister Procne were metamorphosed, were likewise called Attis.2

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 2.5.
  2. Martial, i, 54. 9; v, 67. 2

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.