Axia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Axia (Ancient Greek: Ἀξίας) was a Minyan princess as the daughter of King Clymenus[1] of Orchomenus and Budeia, daughter of Lycus.[2] She was the sister of Erginus,[3] Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus, Azeus[4] and Eurydice, wife of Nestor of Pylos.[5] A town in Ozolian Locris was named after her.[1]

  1. ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Axia
  2. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.185; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. Boudeia
  3. ^ Eustathius on Homer, 1076.26; Scholia on Homer, Iliad 16.572; on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.185
  4. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.37.1
  5. ^ Homer, Odyssey 3.452