Thronia

Template:Greek myth (nymph)In Greek mythology, the name Thronia (Ancient Greek: Θρωνία) or Thronie (Θρωνίη) may refer to:

* Thronia, daughter of King Belus of Egypt and possibly of either Achiroe[1] or Side. She was the mother of Arabus, the eponym of Arabia, by Hermes.[2]
* Thronia, a Naiad nymph, mother of Abderus by Poseidon[3] and the eponym of the city Thronion in Opuntian Locris.[4]

## Notes

1. ↑ Apollodorus, 2.1.4
2. ↑ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr.15; Strabo, 1.2.34
3. ↑ Pindar, Paean 2.1–2 (fr. 52b S–M). The Bibliotheca (2.5.8) says that Abderus was the son of Hermes.
4. ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.533

## References

* Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN:0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
* Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theoi.com
* Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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