Aora (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Aora (Ancient Greek: Ἀώρας) was a nymph by whom the town of Aoros in Crete was named after.[1] Aristocrats from the town of Eleutherna claimed descent from Aora and her husband Eleuther, one of the Kouretes.[2]
Note[edit]
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Aōros
- ^ Edmonds, Radcliffe G. (2010). "The Children of Earth and Starry Heaven: The Meaning and Function of the Formula in the 'Orphic' Gold Tablets". Orfeo y el orfismo: nuevas perspectivas. p. 114.
References[edit]
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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