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In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (English: / ˈ iː θ r ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Αἴθρα, pronounced, the "bright sky") [2] was a Troezenian princess and the daughter of King Pittheus. Family
Aethra (possibly same as above) is, in one source, called the wife of Hyperion, rather than Theia, and mother of Helios, Eos, and Selene. [6] Aethra, daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and mother of Theseus either by Poseidon [7] or Aegeus. [8] This is the same Aethra who went to Troy with Helen as one of her two handmaidens. [9]
Theseus, in an old tradition, [18] chose Helen, and together they kidnapped her, intending to keep her until she was old enough to marry. Pirithous chose Persephone, even though she was already married to Hades, king of the underworld. They left Helen with Theseus's mother, Aethra at Aphidna, whence she was rescued by the Dioscuri.
Aethra has sent a messenger to Theseus asking him to come to Eleusis. The old women beg Aethra for help, evoking images of their sons’ unburied bodies and appealing to her sympathy as a mother. Theseus arrives. When he asks his mother what is going on, she directs him to Adrastus who begs him to reclaim the bodies.
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