Aethra (mother of Theseus)

Aethra
Princess of Troezen
Member of the Troezenian Royal Family
Theseus and Aethra
by Laurent de La Hire (1606-1656)
Other namesPittheis
AbodeTroezen, then Athens, Sparta and Troy
Genealogy
ParentsPittheus
SiblingsHenioche
Consort(i) Poseidon
(ii) Aegeus
(iii) Hippalces
Children(i) & (ii) Theseus
(iii) Clymene

In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (English: /ˈθrə/;[1] Ancient Greek: Αἴθρα, pronounced [ǎi̯tʰra], the "bright sky")[2] was a Troezenian princess and the daughter of King Pittheus.

  1. ^ Zimmerman, J. E. (1964). Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York: Harper & Row. p. 10.
  2. ^ Robert Graves, The Greek Myths, (1955; 1960) index, s.v. "Aethra".