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Ancient

Hesychius

s.v. Ἄνθεια

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Pausanias

2.22.1

The temple of Hera Anthea （Flowery） is on the right of the sanctuary of Leto, and before it is a grave of women. They were killed in a battle against the Argives under Perseus, having come from the Aegean Islands to help Dionysus in war; for which reason they are surnamed Haliae （Women of the Sea）.

Modern

LSJ

s.v. Ἄνθεια

Ἄνθεια , ἡ, epith. of Hera at Argos, Paus.2.22.1, EM108.47; at Miletus, in dat.,

A.“Ἥρῃ Ἀνθέη” Milet.3 No.31(a).5(vi B. C.); of the Ὧραι, Hsch.; also of Aphrodite at Cnossus, Id.

Pirenne-Delforge, and Pironti

s.v Hera

In the city of Argos, the goddess was called Antheia (Paus. 2.22.1) as a parallel of the extra-urban sanctuary in the town centre.

Smith

s.v. Antheia

（*)/Anqeia), the blooming, or the friend of flowers, a surname of Hera, under which she had a temple at Argos. Before this temple was the mound under which the women were buried who had come with Dionysus from the Aegean islands, and had fallen in a contest with the Argives and Perseus. (Paus. 2.22.1.) Antheia was used at Gnossus as a surname of Aphrodite. (Hesych. s. v.)

Willets

p. 209

At Knossos, the epithet Antheia ('flowergoddess') was applied to Aphrodite.^{79 [Hsch. s.v.]}