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translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many
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wrote somewhat mockingly that there may have been a rational explanation for her story. She may have been killed on the rocks of the river when a gust of northern wind came, and so she was said to have been 'taken by Boreas'. He also mentioned in another account that she was taken by Boreas not
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including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
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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.
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with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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Orithyia was later made into the goddess of cold mountain winds. It is said that prior to the destruction of a large number of barbarian ships due to weather during the
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edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
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Because she was in Thrace with Boreas, she did not die when her sisters who either committed suicide or were sacrificed so that Athens could win a war against
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with an English Translation by Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. 1.
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translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.
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In the Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus, she gave Penthesileia a very swift horse when she visited Thrace.
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Folding mirror depicting the abduction of Orithyia by Boreas at the cover. Post 300 BC, found in
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with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
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Boreas Abducting Orithyia" (1614), Oil on Wood, by Peter Paul Rubens, currently at the
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translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.
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Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (ca 40 images of Orithyia)
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Plato also recounted that Orithyia was playing with a companion
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Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.
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Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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Orithyia (mythology)

Greek mythology
/ɒrɪˈθaɪ.ə/
Ancient Greek
Latin
Athenian
Boreas
Boreads
Erechtheus
Athens
Praxithea
Phrasimus
Diogeneia
Cecrops
Pandorus
Metion
Protogeneia
Pandora
Procris
Creusa
Chthonia
Merope
Orneus
Thespius
Eupalamus
Sicyon
Chione
Cleopatra
Phineus

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