Asia (Oceanid)

For other uses, see Asia (Greek myth).
Asia
Member of the Oceanids
Genealogy
Parents
SiblingsOceanids, Potamoi
ConsortIapetus
ChildrenAtlas, Epimetheus, Menoetius, Prometheus
Greek deities
series
Water deities
Water nymphs

In Greek mythology, Asia (Ancient Greek: Ἀσία) was one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[1][2][3] In some accounts, her mother was called Pompholyge and sister of Libye.[4]

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 1.2.2
  2. ^ Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 74. ISBN 9780874365818.
  3. ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 36. ISBN 9780786471119.
  4. ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 894 (Gk text); Andron of Halicarnassus fr. 7 Fowler = FGrHist 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000, p. 42; Fowler 2013, p. 13; Bouzek and Graninger, p. 12. Fowler 2013, p. 15, calls Pompholyge, a name found nowhere else, an ad hoc invention.)