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In Greek mythology, Pasithea (Ancient Greek: Πασιθέα or Πασιθέη Pasitheê means "all-divine") may refer to the following figures:

  • Pasithea, a naiad who was married to King Erichthonius of Athens and by him the mother of Pandion I and others. Usually, her name is given as Praxithea.[5]

Notes

  1. Hesiod, Theogony 246
  2. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 64. 
  3. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 266. ISBN 9780786471119. 
  4. Homer, Iliad 14.268, 276; Pausanias, 9.35.4
  5. Apollodorus, 3.14.6

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