In Greek mythology, the name Chthonia (Ancient Greek: Χθωνία means 'of the earth') may refer to:

Chthonia was also an ancient mythical and poetical name of Crete.[20]

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  1. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.4; Hyginus, Fabulae 46 & 238
  3. ^ Suida, s.v. Parthenoi
  4. ^ Euripides, Ion 277
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1; note that in 3.15.4, it is simply stated that Erechtheus sacrificed his youngest daughter, without mention of her name.
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.1
  7. ^ Plutarch, Theseus 19.5
  8. ^ Pausanias, 2.25.6; Plutarch, Theseus 32.1; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Orneiai
  9. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
  10. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.76.1
  11. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.5, citing Hesiod (Ehoiai fr. 224) for Erechtheus
  12. ^ Pausanias, 2.35.3–5
  13. ^ Eustathius on Homer, 776, 16
  14. ^ Suida, s.v. Alkyonides
  15. ^ Orphic Hymn 39 to Demeter 12
  16. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 4.987
  17. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 4.148; Orphic Hymn 35.9
  18. ^ Orphic Hymn 3 to Nyx 8
  19. ^ Orphic Hymn 70 to Melinoe 1
  20. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Krētē

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