Callithyia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Callithyia or Kallithyia (; Ancient Greek: Καλλίθυια) may refer to two different women:

Callithyia, daughter of PeirasPlutarch in Eusebius, Preparation for the Gospel 3.8.1 and mother of Trochilus.Scholia on Aratus, Phenomena 161 Callithyia, one of the daughters of King Aeolus of Lipara, the keeper of the winds. She had six brothers namely: Periphas, Agenor, Euchenor, Klymenos, Xouthos, Macareus, and five sisters: Klymene, Eurygone, Lysidike, Kanake and an unnamed one. According to various accounts, Aeolus yoked in marriage his sons and daughters, including Kallithyia, in order to preserve concord and affection among them.Homer, Odyssey 10.6 & 11–12

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Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Odyssey translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.