Pasithea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Pasithea (Ancient Greek: Πασιθέα or Πασιθέη Pasitheê, possibly meaning 'the one who runs to all' or 'the Goddess revered by all')^[1]^[2] may refer to the following figures:

Pasithea, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.^[3]^[4]
Pasithea, one of the younger Charites, the consort of Sleep (Hypnos).^[5]
Pasithea, a naiad who was married to King Erichthonius of Athens and by him the mother of Pandion I and others. Usually, her name is given as Praxithea.^[6]

^ Hederich,Benjamin (1724) pp. 1900-1901.
^ Nork, Friedrich (1843) p.20.
^ Hesiod, Theogony 246
^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.
^ Homer, Iliad 14.268, 276; Pausanias, 9.35.4
^ Apollodorus, 3.14.6

[1] Hederich,Benjamin (1724) pp. 1900-1901.

[2] Nork, Friedrich (1843) p.20.

[3] Hesiod, Theogony 246

[4] Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 64.

[5] Homer, Iliad 14.268, 276; Pausanias, 9.35.4

[6] Apollodorus, 3.14.6

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