In Greek mythology, Phthia (/ˈθaɪə/; Greek: Φθία or Φθίη Phthía) may refer to the following individuals:
- Phthia, the nymph mother of Dorus by King Hellen of Thessaly, the progenitor of the Hellenes.[1] Her husband may be named his kingdom, Phthia, in honour of her. Phthia might be the same with Orseis[2] (Othreis[3][4]), the usual oread consort of Hellen and mother of his children, Aeolus, Dorus and Xuthus.
- Phthia, daughter of Phoroneus and mother of Achaeus by the god Zeus.[5] This version is to some extent confirmed by Aelian, who relates that Zeus assumed the shape of a dove to seduce a certain Phthia.[6]
- Phthia, the beloved of Apollo, by whom she became the mother of Dorus, Laodocus, and Polypoetes.[7]
- Phthia, a Theban princess who was one of the Niobids, children of Amphion, king of Thebes, and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus.[8][9]
- Phthia or Clytia, the concubine of Amyntor who falsely accused her stepson, Phoenix, of seduction causing his father to blind him.[10]
- ^ Vitruvius, De Architectura 4.1.3 (pp. 202–5)
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.3. West 1985, p. 57, says that both Othreis and Orseis are "probably" corruptions of Othryis, a nymph of Mount Othrys.
- ^ West 1985, p. 57.
- ^ BNJ 4 F125 [= Scholia on Plato's Symposium 208d (Cufalo, pp. 108–10) = FGrHist 4 F125 = Hellanicus fr. 125 Fowler, pp. 200–1]. Cf. Eustathius on Homer's Iliad, 277.17 (Fowler 2013, p. 142); see Fowler 2013, p. 142; Fowler 1998, p. 12 n. 29.
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
- ^ Aelian, Varia Historia 1.15
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.6
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.5.6
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 11 & 69
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.8