In Greek mythology, Amatheia () was the "fair-tressed" NereidHomer, Iliad 18.48. and was described to have "azure locks luxuriant" or as some translations put it "long, heavy hair". As one of these 50 sea-nymphs, she was the daughter of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Variations of her names were Æmathia,Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero) AmatheaHyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Munckerus) and AmathiaHyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Bunte) which means "queen of voice".
Mythology Amatheia and her other sisters appeared to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles for his slain friend Patroclus.Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
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References Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.