Dotia
Appearance
In Greek mythology, Dotia (Ancient Greek: Δωτίας) or Dotis (Δωτίς or Δωτίδος) was the eponym of the city Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly.
Family
[edit]Dotia was the daughter of King Elatus[1] of the Lapiths. By Ares, she bore the infamous Phlegyas.
Mythology
[edit]Alternate mythical eponyms of the Dotian plane were Dotius, son of Asterius and Amphictyone,[2][3] or Dotus, son of either Pelasgus[4] or Neonus, son of Hellen.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον)
- ^ Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Pherecydes as the authority (fr. 172)
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Mnaseas as the authority
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Archinus as the authority
References
[edit]- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.