In Greek mythology, Pasithea (Ancient Greek: Πασιθέα or Πασιθέη Pasitheê, possibly meaning 'the one who runs to all' or 'the Goddess revered by all')Hederich,Benjamin (1724) pp. 1900-1901.Nork, Friedrich (1843) p.20. may refer to the following figures:
Pasithea, one of the 50 Nereids, marine-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Hesiod, Theogony 246 Pasithea, one of the younger Charites, the consort of Sleep (Hypnos).Homer, Iliad 14.268, 276; Pausanias, 9.35.4 Pasithea, a naiad who was married to King Erichthonius of Athens and by him the mother of Pandion I and others. Usually, her name is given as Praxithea.Apollodorus, 3.14.6
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