Aethusa

Aethusa

Aethusa (Gr. polytonic|Αίθουσα) was in Greek mythology a daughter of Poseidon and Alcyone, who was beloved by Apollo, and bore to him Eleuther. ["Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)", iii. 10. § 3] [Pausanias, ix. 20. ,§ 2] [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Aethusa
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 51
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1870
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0060.html ]

By extension, the word "aethusa" was used as an epithet for a portico that was open to the sun, that is, Apollo. [cite book
last = Jebb
first = Richard Claverhouse
authorlink = Richard Claverhouse Jebb
coauthors =
title = Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey
publisher = James Maclehose and Sons
date = 1887
location = Glasgow
pages =
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=S9MfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA58&dq=aethusa#PPA59,M1
doi =
id =
isbn = ]

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