Idyia

In Greek mythology, Idyia (Ancient Greek: Ιδυια) or Eidyia (Ειδυια; /aɪˈdaɪ.ə/) was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys,[1] and queen to Aeëtes, king of Colchis.[2] She was the mother of Medea, Chalciope and Absyrtus.[3][4][5][6] According to Apollonius of Rhodes, she was the youngest of the Oceanides.[7] Her name means "the knowing one" derived from the Greek word eidô meaning "to see" or "to know."

Notes
  1. Hesiod, Theogony, 352
  2. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.241–244, 269.
  3. Hesiod, Theogony, 960.
  4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, 1.9.23.
  5. Hyginus, Fabulae, 25
  6. Accounts vary on the name of Absyrtus' mother, and only Apollodorus (1.9.23) seems to consider him full brother of Medea; see Absyrtus.
  7. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.243–244.

References
  • Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
  • Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius: the Argonautica, translated by Robert Cooper Seaton, W. Heinemann, 1912. Internet Archive.
  • Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.
  • Hyginus, Gaius Julius, The Myths of Hyginus. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.


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