In Greek mythology, the name Chthonia (Ancient Greek: Χθωνία means 'of the earth') may refer to:

Chthonia was also an ancient mythical and poetical name of Crete.[20]

Notes

  1. Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  2. Apollodorus, 3.15.4; Hyginus, Fabulae 46 & 238
  3. Suida, s.v. Parthenoi
  4. Euripides, Ion 277
  5. Apollodorus, 3.15.1; note that in 3.15.4, it is simply stated that Erechtheus sacrificed his youngest daughter, without mention of her name.
  6. Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  7. Plutarch, Theseus 19.5
  8. Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai
  9. Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
  10. Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1
  11. Pausanias, 2.6.5, citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus
  12. Pausanias, 2.35.3–5
  13. Eustathius on Homer, 776, 16
  14. Suida, s.v. Alkyonides
  15. Orphic Hymn 39 to Demeter 12
  16. Apollonius Rhodius, 4.987
  17. Apollonius Rhodius, 4.148; Orphic Hymn 35.9
  18. Orphic Hymn 3 to Nyx 8
  19. Orphic Hymn 70 to Melinoe 1
  20. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Krētē

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