Anthracia (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Anthracia (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθρακία), was an Arcadian nymph. Together with other nymphs, Neda, Hagno, Anchiroe and Myrtoessa they were nurses of the god Zeus.

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Pausanias Description of Greece Book 8.31.4. English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.

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