In Greek mythology, the name Thronia or Thronie (The name is derived from the Greek word thronos (θρόνος), meaning throne or seat.) may refer to: Thronia, daughter of King Belus of Egypt, and the mother of Arabus, the eponym of Arabia, by Hermes.Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 88 Most, pp. 172, 173 [= Strabo, Geographica 1.2.34]. Thronia, a Naiad nymph, mother of Abderus by PoseidonPindar, Paean 2.1–2 (fr. 52b S–M). The Bibliotheca (2.5.8) says that Abderus was the son of Hermes. and the eponym of the city Thronion in Opuntian Locris.Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.533 Her father was possibly the river god Nestus in BistoniaHesiod, Theogony 341. and thus probably the sister of Callirhoe.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Bistonia (Billerbeck, pp. 352–353).
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