person
Orithyia
Athenian princess seized by Boreas the North Wind; her 'rape' is recalled to spur the wind against the door.
Reading notes
- The Loves §1.6 Orithyia
Athenian princess carried off by Boreas; her 'rape' is invoked to rouse the wind.
- The Heroides §16 the daughter of Erechtheus
Orithyia, the Athenian princess seized by Boreas — a rape that brought no war.
- The Heroides §18 Attic fires
Orithyia of Athens (Attica), carried off by Boreas — proof the wind once knew love.
- Metamorphoses §6.154 Orithyia
An Athenian princess, daughter of Erechtheus, carried off by the North Wind Boreas to Thrace.