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In Greek mythology, Ornea or Ornia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρνία) was the possible eponymous nymph of Orneae, a town in Argolis. Otherwise, it is attributed to Orneus, the Athenian son of King Erechtheus.[1]

Family

Ornia was one of the naiad daughters of the river-god Asopus and Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon. She was the sister of Pelasgus, Ismenus, Corcyra, Salamis, Aegina, Pirene, Cleone, Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, Asopis, Sinope, Chalcis[2] and Harpina.[3]

Notes

  1. Pausanias, 2.25.6 & 10.35.8; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, Orneiai; Eusebius, Chronographia 66
  2. Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
  3. Diodorus Siculus, 4.73.1

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