Petraea (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Petraea (Ancient Greek: Πετραίη Petraiê means 'of a rock'^[1]) may refer to the following characters:

• Petraea, the 'fair' Oceanid, one of the 3,000 water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.^[2][3]
• Petraea, a surname of Scylla who dwelt in or on a rock.^[4]

Notes

1. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 41.
2. Hesiod, Theogony 352
3. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 270. ISBN 9780786471119.
4. Homer, Odyssey 12.231

References

• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Kerényi, Carl, The Gods of the Greeks, Thames and Hudson, London, 1951.