Anthracia (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Anthracia (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθρακία), was an Arcadian nymph. Together with other nymphs, Neda, Hagno, Anchiroe and Myrtoessa, were nurses of the god Zeus. She was depicted to hold a torch.[1]

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  • 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
  • Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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