Epithet of Hera and Aphrodite
InAncient Greek religion ,Antheia (Ancient Greek :Ἀνθεία ,lit. ' Flowergoddess ' )[ 1] Anthea , was an epithet of both the goddessesHera andAphrodite . According to the geographerPausanias , there was a temple of Hera Antheia atArgos ,[ 2] Hesychius , Antheia was a name used for Aphrodite atKnossos .[ 3]
^ Willets,p. 209 . ^ Pirenne-Delforge, and Pironti,s.v Hera ; Smith,s.v. Antheia ;LSJ ,s.v. Ἄνθεια ;Pausanias ,2.22.1 . ^ Willets,p. 209 ; Smith,s.v. Antheia ;LSJ ,s.v. Ἄνθεια ;Hesychius ,s.v. Ἄνθεια . Liddell, Henry George ,Robert Scott ,A Greek-English Lexicon Clarendon Press Oxford, 1940.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .Hesychius of Alexandria ,Hesychii Alexandrini lexicon , Moritz Schmidt (ed.), Jenae, Sumptibus Hermanni Dufftii (Libraria Maukiana), 1867.Internet Archive Pausanias ,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .Smith, William ,Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .Pirenne-Delforge, Vinciane, and Gabriella Pironti,s.v. Hera , published online 30 July 2015, revised 26 October 2017, in theOxford Classical Dictionary Tim Whitmarsh , digital ed, New York, Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5 R. F. Willetts (1977).The Civilization of Ancient Crete 209 . 
