In Greek mythology, Dotia (Ancient Greek: Δωτίας) or Dotis (Δωτίς or Δωτίδος) was the eponym of the city Dotion (Dotium) in Thessaly.
Family
Dotia was the daughter of King Elatus1 of the Lapiths. By Ares, she bore the infamous Phlegyas.
Mythology
Alternate mythical eponyms of the Dotian plane were Dotius, son of Asterius and Amphictyone,23 or Dotus, son of either Pelasgus4 or Neonus, son of Hellen.5
Notes
Notes
- Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον)
- Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Pherecydes as the authority (fr. 172)
- Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Mnaseas as the authority
- Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Dōtion (Δώτιον) with Archinus as the authority
References
References
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.