Acræa

Family: Greek mythology · Role: daughter of Asterion · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 17

In Book 2, Chapter 17, Acræa is named among the daughters of the river god Asterion, alongside Eubœa and Prosymna. The account also says that she and her sisters were nurses and guardians of Hera.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 17

• parent: Asterion (river god) “they say the daughters of the river god Asterion were Eubœa and Prosymna and Acræa”
• with Hera (Acræa was one of Hera's nurses.) “they were nurses of Hera”
• ward: Hera “they were nurses of Hera”

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