Thrace (;

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el, Θράκη ''Thráki'';) or Thraike in

Greek mythology A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities o ...

, was the eponymous heroine and sorceress of

Thrace Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to ...

. She was the daughter of

Oceanus In Greek mythology, Oceanus (; grc-gre, , Ancient Greek pronunciation: , also Ὠγενός , Ὤγενος , or Ὠγήν ) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and ...

and Parthenope, and sister of

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. Andron of Halicarnassusbr>fr. 7 Fowler
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'' 10 F 7 (Fowler 2000
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Reference

* Grimal, Pierre, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. Greek mythological witches Oceanids Children of Oceanus Mythological Thracian women {{Greek-deity-stub