Greek mythological Naiad nymph
In Greek mythology , Tiasa (Ancient Greek : Τίασα) was a Naiad nymph of a river[1] near Amyclae , Sparta . She was a Laconian princess as the daughter of King Eurotas and Cleta , and thus sister of Sparta .
By the river Tiasa was situated a temple of Cleta and Phaenna , the two Charites recognized in Sparta, which was purported to have been founded by Lacedaemon .[2]
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Athenaeus of Naucratis , The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .
Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae . Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Pausanias , Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4 . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library