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Athenais (seer)

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Athenais by John William Godward, 1908.

Athenais (Ancient Greek: Ἀθηναΐς) was a prophetess from Erythrae in Ionia, Asia Minor. She lived at the time of Alexander the Great.[1] According to Strabo, Athenais was one of the oracles which claimed divine descent for Alexander the Great.[2]

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  1. ^ Strabo, 14.1.34.
  2. ^ Strabo, 17.1.43
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