In
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, Atthis () or Attis () was the eponymous heroine of
Attica
Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital city, capital of Greece and the core cit ...
.
Family
Atthis was an
Athenian
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
princess as the daughter of the
autochthonous King
Cranaus In Greek mythology, Cranaus or Kranaos (;Ancient Greek: Κραναός) was the second Kings of Athens, King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I, Cecrops I.
Family
Cranaus married Pedias, a Spartan woman and daughter of Mynes (mythology), Mynes, with ...
and
Pedias, the
Lacedaemonian daughter of
Mynes. She was the sister of
Cranaë and
Cranaechme.
Mythology
When Attis died a virgin, her father Cranaus named in her honour the land Attica which was formerly called
Actaea (Acte or Actica) after King
Actaeus, its former ruler.
Other use
The two birds into which
Philomele and her sister
Procne
Procne (; , ''Próknē'' ) or Progne is a minor figure in Greek mythology. She was an Athens, Athenian princess as the elder daughter of a king of Athens named Pandion I, Pandion. Procne was married to the king of Thrace, Tereus, who instead lu ...
were metamorphosed, were likewise called Attis.
[Martial, 1.54.9 & 5.67.2]
Notes
References
*
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an 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.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
Princesses in Greek mythology
Mythological people from Attica
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