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In Greek mythology, Orithyia or Oreithyia (/ɒrɪˈθaɪ.ə/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Ὠρείθυια, romanized: Ōreíthyia; Latin: Ōrīthyia) was the name of the following women:

Orithyia or Orythya,^[2] the Nereid of raging seas^[3] and one of the 50 marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[4] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus.^[5]
Orithyia, a daughter of Cecrops, wife of Makednos and mother of Europus.^[6]^[7]
Orithyia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who was abducted by Boreas.^[8]
Orithyia, a nymph, called by some the grandmother of Adonis.^[9]
Orithyia, queen of the Amazons.^[10]

^ Joseph Emerson Worcester, A comprehensive dictionary of the English language, Boston, 1871, p. 480, rule 3, where he notes that the pronunciation of such names is not e.g. /ɒˌrɪθiˈaɪ.ə/ "as in Walker" (see e.g. Walker and Trollope, A key to the classical pronunciation etc., London, 1830, p. 123)
^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface (Latin ed. Micyllus; Scheffero)
^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 262. ISBN 9780786471119.
^ Homer, Iliad 18.48
^ Homer, Iliad 18.39-51
^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Eurōpos
^ "The Ancient Library - Europus". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1
^ Antoninus Liberalis, 34
^ Apollodorus, 2.5.9