In Greek mythology, the name Budeia or Budea (Ancient Greek: Βούδεια Boúdeia, "oxen-yoker") may refer to:

Budeia, a surname of Athena in Thessaly.Eustathius on Homer, 1076. 27; Lycophron, 359 with Tzetzes' commentary; Stephanus, s.v. BoudeiaTrümpy 1994 Budeia, daughter of Lycus.Scholia on Apollonius, 1.185; Stephanus, s.v. Boudeia She was the wife of the Orchomenian king, Clymenus and mother of his children, including Erginus,Eustathius on Homer, 1076.26; Scholia on Iliad 16.572; on Apollonius 1.185 Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus, Azeus,Pausanias, 9.37.1 EurydiceHomer, Odyssey 3.452 and Axia.Stephanus, s.v. Axia The Boeotian town of Budeion was named after herEustathius on Homer, Iliad 1076 or alternatively attributed it to the Argive hero Budeion.Stephanus, s.v. Boudeia An alternate spelling of her name is Buzyge (Βουζύγη Bouzyge same meaning as Boudeia)

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References

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. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. 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.

Further reading

Trümpy, Catherine (1994) 'Athena Boudeia', Z. Papyrologie Epigraphik 100, 407-412.