Thronia

In Greek mythology, the name Thronia (Θρωνία) or Thronie (Θρωνίη) may refer to:

A Naiad nymph, mother of Abderus by Poseidon^[1] and the eponym of the city Thronion in Opuntian Locris.^[2]
A daughter of Belus and mother of Arabus, the eponym of Arabia, by Hermes.^[3]

References

↑ Pindar, Paean 2.1–2 (fr. 52b S–M). It should be noted that the Bibliotheca (2.5.8) says that Abderus was the son of Hermes.
↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.533
↑ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 137 = Strabo, Geography, 1.2.34.

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