Axia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Axia (Ancient Greek: Ἀξίας) was a Minyan princess, the daughter of King ClymenusStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Axia of Orchomenus and Budeia, daughter of Lycus.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.185; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Boudeia She was the sister of Erginus,Eustathius on Homer, 1076.26; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 16.572; on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.185 Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus, AzeusPausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.37.1 and Eurydice, wife of Nestor of Pylos.Homer, Odyssey 3.452 A town in Ozolian Locris was named after her.

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