Orithyia
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In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (; ; ; ) was the name of the following women: Orithyia or Orythya, the Nereid of raging seas and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of Patroclus. Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus. Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who was abducted by Boreas. Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis. Orithyia, queen of the Amazons.
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In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (; ; ; ) was the name of the following women: Orithyia or Orythya, the Nereid of raging seas and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of Patroclus. Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus. Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who was abducted by Boreas. Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis. Orithyia, queen of the Amazons.
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