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In Greek mythology, the name Chthonia (Ancient Greek: Χθωνία means 'of the earth') may refer to: * Chthonia, an Athenian princess and the youngest daughter of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. She was sacrificed by her father who had received a prophecy according to which he could win the imminent battle against Eumolpus only if he sacrificed his daughter. Her sisters who had sworn to kill themselves if one of them died, fulfilled their oath by throwing themselves off a cliff. According to the dictionary Suda, only two of the sisters, Protogeneia and Pandora, did commit suicide which made sense, since of the other daughters of Erechtheus, Orithyia had been abducted by Boreas, Procris married off to Cephalus, and Creusa was still a baby at the time the oat

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  • Chthonia (en)
  • Ctonia (es)
  • Cthonia (fr)
  • Ctonia (it)
  • 크토니아 (ko)
  • クトニアー (ja)
  • Хтонія (uk)
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  • クトニアー(古希: Χθωνία, Chthoniā)は、ギリシア神話の女性である。デーメーテールをはじめ、ヘカテー、ニュクス、メーリノエーなど地下と関係のあるいくつかの女神の形容辞としても用いられる。長音を省略してクトニアとも表記される。主に、 * の娘 * エレクテウスの娘 * コロンタースの娘 が知られている。以下に説明する。 (ja)
  • Хтонія (грец. Chthonia) — донька афінського царя Ерехтея, яку він приніс у жертву богам; Хтонія — донька аргоського владаря Форонея, яка, разом із братом Кліменом, заснувала святилище Деметри в місті ; Хтонія — за Павсаніем, дочка аргів'янина Колонта, який не виявив гостинності Деметрі. Щоб покарати Колонта, богиня спалила його будинок, а доньку, яка щиро прийняла її, зробила своєю жрицею; Хтонія — епітет Геї, Деметри, Персефони та багатьох інших богинь, що мали стосунок до підземного світу. (uk)
  • In Greek mythology, the name Chthonia (Ancient Greek: Χθωνία means 'of the earth') may refer to: * Chthonia, an Athenian princess and the youngest daughter of King Erechtheus and Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimus and Diogeneia. She was sacrificed by her father who had received a prophecy according to which he could win the imminent battle against Eumolpus only if he sacrificed his daughter. Her sisters who had sworn to kill themselves if one of them died, fulfilled their oath by throwing themselves off a cliff. According to the dictionary Suda, only two of the sisters, Protogeneia and Pandora, did commit suicide which made sense, since of the other daughters of Erechtheus, Orithyia had been abducted by Boreas, Procris married off to Cephalus, and Creusa was still a baby at the time the oat (en)
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