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Oreithyia
In Greek mythology, Oreithyia was the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens and his wife, Praxithea. She was abducted by Boreas, the north wind, while she was dancing by the Ilissus River, or perhaps gathering flowers on the banks of the Cephissos river, and carried off to Thrace, and therefore did not die when the other daughters of her father either were sacrificed so that Athens could win a war against Eleusis or killed themselves.
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