Ambracia (mythology)
Image:Map of ancient Epirus and environs (English).svgIn Greek mythology, Ambracia (Ancient Greek: Άμβρακία) was a Oeachalian princess and daughter of King Melaneus, son of Apollo and Oechalia, and the sister of Eurytus.Smith, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=ambracia-bio-1&highlight=ambracia s.v. Ambracia]. The city of Ambracia in Epirus was named after her.Nicander, apud. Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#4 4].
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- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0104 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
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