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Idyia

deity Greek single tradition · 2

In Greek mythology, Idyia was a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and queen to Aeëtes, king of Colchis. She was the mother of Medea, Chalciope and Absyrtus. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, she was the youngest of the Oceanides.

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When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Classical Greek mythology.

Relationships

parent of
Medea, Chalciope, Absyrtus
consort of
Aeëtes
co occurs with
Perseis, Plouto, Ephyra, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Oceanid, Callirhoe, Styx, Doris, Electra, Metis, Clymene, Nereids, Tyche, Rhodos, Europa, Asia
child of
Oceanus, Tethys

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Idyia
  2. Oceanids

Source passages

“In Greek mythology, Idyia (Ancient Greek: Ἰδυῖα, romanized: Idyîa) or Eidyia (Ancient Greek: Εἰδυῖα, romanized: Eidyîa; ) was a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, and queen to Aeëtes, king of Colchis.”

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“Some names, consistent with the Oceanids' charge of having "youths in their keeping", represent things which parents might hope to be bestowed upon their children: Plouto ("Wealth"), Tyche ("Good Fortune"), Idyia ("Knowing")”

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