Plátaia
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Plátaia (Πλάταια) is an Ancient Greek naiad. She is described as the consort of Zeus.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Greek nymph cognate with Indo-European earth deities.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pṛth(i)vī, Fold, Erichthonius, Pandora, Chthonie, Prithvi Mata, Litauī, *déʰǵʰōm, Jörð, Litavis, Apollo, Hades, Persephone, Themis
- consort of
- Zeus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Cognates are found in the Vedic Earth-goddess Pṛithvī Mātā (पृथ्वी) ('Mother Earth, the Vast One') and in Ancient Greek Plátaia (Πλάταια), a naiad described as the consort of Zeus, as well as in ritual expressions such as Old Hittite palḫiš dankuiš daganzipaš ('broad dark earth-genius')”
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