Tags: Mythological Figure.
Aethusa (Gr. Αἵθουσα) was in Greek mythology a daughter of Poseidon and Alcyone who was beloved by Apollo and bore to him Eleuther.The word aethusa was used as an epithet for a portico that was open to the sun that is Apollo.According to Pliny’s Naturalis Historia Aethusa is also the eponym of the Italian island which is now called Linosa