InGreek mythology,Amatheia (Ancient Greek:Ἀμάθεια means 'rears, nurses' or 'she is sparkling water')^[1] was the "fair-tressed"Nereid^[2] and was described to have "azure locks luxuriant" or as some translations put it "long, heavy hair".^[1] As one of these 50 sea-nymphs, she was the daughter of the "Old Man of the Sea"Nereus and theOceanidDoris.^[1] Variations of her names wereÆmathia,^[3]Amathea^[4] andAmathia^[5] which means "queen of voice".^[1]

Amatheia and her other sisters appeared toThetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief ofAchilles for his slain friendPatroclus.^[6]

• Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer,The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.ISBN 978-0674995796.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer,Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN 978-0198145318.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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