Aræthyrea

Family: Phliasians · Role: hunter and warrior · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 12

Aræthyrea was the daughter of Aras and sister of Aoris, and the Phliasians said that she and Aoris were cunning hunters and brave in war. She was the mother of Phlias, not Chthonophyle, who was his wife.

In Book 2, Chapter 12, Aræthyrea died before her brother; afterward, Aoris changed the city’s name to Aræthyrea.

Relationship record

Life events

• Aræthyrea dies before her brother.(Book 2 · Chapter 12)
  • “And, Aræthyrea dying first, Aoris changed the name of the city into Aræthyrea.”

Book 2 · Chapter 12

• parent: Aras “And Aras had a son Aoris and a daughter Aræthyrea, who the Phliasians say were cunning hunters and brave in war.”
• siblings with Aoris “And Aras had a son Aoris and a daughter Aræthyrea, who the Phliasians say were cunning hunters and brave in war.”
• child: Phlias “And Aræthyrea was the mother of Phlias and not Chthonophyle, for Chthonophyle was his wife and he had Andromedas by her.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.