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Aethusa.

A daughter of Poseidon and the Pleiad Alcyone, daughter of Atlas. She was loved by Apollo and bore to him Eleuther and Linus.

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  1. A daughter of Poseidon and the Pleiad Alcyone, daughter of Atlas. She was loved by Apollo and bore to him Eleuther and Linus.

    Greek
  2. Former name of Linosa (“Mediterranean island”).

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin Aethūsa, from Ancient Greek Αἵθουσα (Haíthousa).

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