Petraea (mythology)

Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Petraea (Ancient Greek: Πετραίη Petraiê means 'of a rock'[1]) may refer to the following characters:

* Petraea, the 'fair' Oceanid, one of the 3,000 water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[2][3]
* Petraea, a surname of Scylla who dwelt in or on a rock.[4]

## Notes

1. ↑ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 41.
2. ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 352
3. ↑ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 270. ISBN 9780786471119.
4. ↑ Homer, Odyssey 12.231

## References

* Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.

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