Histiaea (mythology)
Histiaea or Histiaia ( grc, Ἱστίαια) may refer to: *Histiaea (mythology), a daughter of Hyrieus, from whom the town of Histiaea, in Northern Euboea, was said to have derived its name *Oreus or Histiaea, an ancient city on the northwest coast of Euboea * Hestiaea (Attica), a deme/township of ancient Attica See also *Histiaeotis Histiaeotis ( grc, Ἱστιαιῶτις, Histiaiōtis) or ''Hestiaeotis'' (Ἑστιαιῶτις - Hestiaiōtis) was a northwest district of ancient Thessaly, part of the Thessalian tetrarchy, roughly corresponding to modern Trikala regiona ...

Histiaea (mythology)
Histiaea or Histiaia ( grc, Ἱστίαια) may refer to: *Histiaea (mythology), a daughter of Hyrieus, from whom the town of Histiaea, in Northern Euboea, was said to have derived its name *Oreus or Histiaea, an ancient city on the northwest coast of Euboea * Hestiaea (Attica), a deme/township of ancient Attica See also *Histiaeotis Histiaeotis ( grc, Ἱστιαιῶτις, Histiaiōtis) or ''Hestiaeotis'' (Ἑστιαιῶτις - Hestiaiōtis) was a northwest district of ancient Thessaly, part of the Thessalian tetrarchy, roughly corresponding to modern Trikala regiona ...

Hyrieus
In Greek mythology, Hyrieus (; grc, Ὑριεύς) was the eponym of Hyria in Boeotia, where he dwelt and where Orion (see below) was born; some sources though place him either in Thrace or on Chios. One source calls him father of Crinacus, father of King Macareus of Lesbos. Most accounts speak of him as a king, although Ovid and Nonnus portray him as a peasant. Family Hyrieus was the son of Alcyone and Poseidon, brother of Hyperenor and Aethusa. By the nymph Clonia, he became the father of Nycteus and Lycus. According to later sources, Hyrieus was also the father of Orion. Mythology Treasury Hyrieus hired Trophonius and Agamedes to build a treasure chamber for him but they also built a secret entrance to it, so that the treasury was easily accessible by removing just one stone from the outside. Using the secret entrance, they would come and steal some of Hyrieus' possessions. He was dumbfounded at discovering that his fortune was diminishing while the locks and seals ...
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Oreus
Oreus or Oreos ( grc, Ὠρεός, Ōreos), prior to the 5th century BC called Histiaea or Histiaia (Ἱστίαια), also Hestiaea or Hestiaia (Ἑστίαια), was a town near the north coast of ancient Euboea, situated upon the river Callas, at the foot of Mount Telethrium, and opposite Antron on the Thessalian coast. From this town the whole northern extremity of Euboea was named Histiaeotis (Ἱστιαιῶτις, ) According to some it was a colony from the Attic deme of Histiaea; according to others it was founded by the Thessalian Perrhaebi. Another foundation story had it that the name Histiaea is said to derive from the mythical figure Histiaea, the daughter of Hyrieus. It was one of the most ancient of the Euboean cities. It occurs in the Catalogue of Ships in the ''Iliad'', where Homer gives it the epithet of πολυστάφυλος (rich in grapes); and the ''Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' mentions it as one of the four cities of Euboea. It was an important ...
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Hestiaea (Attica)
Hestiaea or Hestiaia ( grc, Ἑστιαία), also known as Histiaea or Histiaia (Ἱστίαια), was a deme of ancient Attica located northeast of Athens, near the modern Tsako, near Cholargos. Very little is known of Hestiaea. According to Strabo its citizens originally founded the homonymous city in the north of the island Euboea Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poin ...; this theory, however, could have arisen in the late period and therefore would be unfounded. References Populated places in ancient Attica Former populated places in Greece Demoi {{AncientAttica-geo-stub ...
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