- Acraea
Acraea (Greek: polytonic|Ἀκραία) was a name that had several uses in Greek and
Roman mythology . [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Acraea
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 14
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0023.html ]*Acraea was a daughter of the river-god Asterion near
Mycenae , who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymna (Πρόσυμνα) acted as nurses toHera . A hill Acraea opposite the temple of Hera near Mycenae derived its name from her. [Pausanias , ii. 17. § 2]*Acraea and Acraeus are also epithets given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, such as
Zeus ,Hera ,Aphrodite ,Pallas ,Artemis , and others. [Pausanias , i. 1. § 3, ii. 24. § 1] [Apollodorus , i. 9. §28] [Vitruv. i. 7] [Spanheim, "ad Callim. Hymn in Jov." 82]References
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*SmithDGRBM
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