Thrace (mythology)

Thrace (/θrs/; Modern Greek: Θράκη Thráki;) or Thraike in Greek mythology, was the eponymous heroine and sorceress of Thrace. She was the daughter of Oceanus and Parthenope, and sister of Europa. Some of her half-sisters were Asia and Libya.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 894 (Müller, pp. 863–864); Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000, p. 42); Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls Parthenope, "elsewhere variously a Siren, a daughter of Ankaios, and a paramour of Herakles" an ad hoc invention.)

References

  • Fowler, R. L. (2000), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 1: Text and Introduction, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 9780198147404. doi:10.1093/actrade/9780198147404.book.1.
  • Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780198147411. doi:10.1093/actrade/9780198147411.book.1.
  • Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1
  • Tzetzes, John, Scolia eis Lycophroon, edited by Christian Gottfried Müller, Sumtibus F.C.G. Vogelii, 1811. Internet Archive.