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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Orithyia''' or '''Oreithyia''' ({{IPAc-en|ɒr|ᵻ|ˈ|θ|aɪ|.|ə}};<ref>[[Joseph Emerson Worcester]], ''A comprehensive dictionary of the English language'', Boston, 1871, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bpkaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA480 p. 480], rule 3, where he notes that the pronunciation of such names is not e.g. {{IPAc-en|ɒ|ˌ|r|ɪ|θ|i|ˈ|aɪ|.|ə}} "as in [[John Walker (lexicographer)|Walker]]" (see e.g. Walker and Trollope, ''A key to the classical pronunciation'' etc., London, 1830, [https://books.google.com/books?id=s2sUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA123 p. 123])</ref> {{langx|grc|Ὠρείθυια|Ōreíthyia}}; {{langx|la|Ōrīthyia}}; {{Literal translation|mountain-raging' or 'mountain-rushing}}) was the name of the following women:
*Orithyia or Orythya,<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' Preface (Latin ed. [[Jacob Micyllus|Micyllus]]; Scheffero)</ref> the [[Nereids|Nereid]] of raging seas<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|last=Bane|first=Theresa|title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers|year=2013|isbn=9780786471119|page=262}}</ref> and one of the 50 marine-[[nymph]] daughters of the '[[Old Man of the Sea]]' [[Nereus]] and the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] [[Doris (Oceanid)|Doris]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 18.48</ref> She and her other sisters appear to [[Thetis]] when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of [[Achilles]] at the slaying of [[Patroclus]].<ref name="Hom">Homer, ''Iliad'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134%3Abook%3D18%3Acard%3D22 18.39-51]</ref>
*Orithyia, a daughter of [[Cecrops I|Cecrops]], wife of [[Makednos]] and mother of Europus.<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Eurōpos''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1216.html |title=The Ancient Library - Europus |access-date=2007-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905110424/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1216.html |archive-date=2007-09-05 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
*[[Orithyia (Athenian)|Orithyia]], a daughter of [[Erechtheus]], who was abducted by [[Boreas (god)|Boreas]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.15.1</ref>
* Orithyia, a [[nymph]], who was either the mother of [[Cinyras]] by [[Belus]] or the wife of Cinyras and mother of [[Smyrna (mythology)|Smyrna]]/[[Myrrha]] (thus doublet of [[Cenchreis]]).<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#34 34]. The wording of the ancient Greek text is ambiguous.</ref>
*[[Orithyia (Amazon)|Orithyia]], queen of the [[Amazons]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.5.9</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[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. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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