Aora (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Aora (Ancient Greek: Ἀώρα) was a nymph by whom the town of Aoros in Crete was named after.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Aōros Aristocrats from the town of Eleutherna claimed descent from Aora and her husband Eleuther, one of the Kouretes.

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Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, 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. Online version at the Topos Text Project.