Idyia

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Idyia is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology, best known as the wife of King Aeëtes of Colchis and mother of the sorceress Medea.

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Label Occurrences
Idyia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanid
figure in Greek mythology
nymph
associatedWith Colchis
magic through her daughter Medea
category Nymphs
Oceanids
Queens in Greek mythology
childOf Oceanus
Tethys
culture Ancient Greek religion
ethnicOrigin Colchian
gender female
knownFor being mother of Medea
being wife of Aeëtes
languageOfName Ancient Greek
mentionedIn Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
linked to: Argonautica

Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
mythology Greek mythology
nameMeaning the knowing one
offspring Absyrtus
Chalciope
Medea
parent Absyrtus
Chalciope
Medea
realm sea
residence Colchis
siblingOf Amphitrite
Asia (Oceanid)
Calypso (Oceanid)
linked to: Calypso

Clymene (Oceanid)
linked to: Clymene

Clytie (Oceanid)
Doris
Electra (Oceanid)
Eurynome (Oceanid)
linked to: Eurynome

Leucothea (Oceanid)
linked to: Leucothea

Metis
Pasithea (Oceanid)
Pleione
Rhode (Oceanid)
Styx
Tethys (Oceanid)
Tyche (Oceanid)
spouse Aeëtes
title Queen of Colchis

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aeëtes spouse Idyia
Chalciope mother Idyia
Apsyrtus mother Idyia