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Antheia is a Goddess of swamps and flowery wreaths, she is also a member of The Graces.


Genealogy and Family[]

Antheia is one of the daughters born to Zeus and Eurynome, she has many sisters including Thalia, Euphrosyne and Aglaea.

Role[]

As well as being the Goddess of swamps and flowery wreaths, she is an attendant of Aphrodite.

Significance[]

Her centre of worship was on the island of Crete. The name Antheia was also given to Hera and connected to the Horae, under which she had a temple at Argos. It was also an epithet of Aphrodite at Knossos. She was the goddess of vegetation, gardens, blossoms, especially worshipped in spring and near lowlands and marshlands, favourable to the growth of vegetation. She was also the goddess of human love. Her symbols are gold-coloured items like honey and myrrh.

Trivia[]

Her name Antheia is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἄνθος meaning "flower" or "blossom".

Ἀνθεία is her Greek name.

She was known to the Romans as Anthea.

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