A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

or ATTIS (Ἄτθις or Ἄττις), a daughter of Cranaus, from whom Attica, which was before called Actaea, was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. 1.2.5.) The two birds into which Philomele and her sister Procne were metamorphosed, were likewise called Attis. (Martial, 1.54. 9, 5.67. 2.)

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