English Explanatory Dictionary

Aethusa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A daughter of Poseidon and the Pleiad Alcyone, daughter of Atlas. She was loved by Apollo and bore to him Eleuther and Linus.
  2. Former name of Linosa (“Mediterranean island”).

Word forms

Aethusa

Etymology

Ancient Greek Αἵθουσα (Haíthousa)

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