Anthea
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Greek |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | flower, blossom |
| Other names | |
| See also | Thea, Tia |
Anthea (Greek: Ἄνθεια), "blossom" in Greek, was an epithet of the Classical Greek goddess Hera, the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. Anthea is used as a female given name in English.
Mythology
[edit]People
[edit]- Anthea Askey (1933–1999), British actress
- Anthea Bell (1936–2018), British translator of literary works
- Anthea Benton, British television commercial and music video director
- Anthea Butler (born 1960), American professor
- Anthea Fraser (born 1930), novelist
- Anthea Joseph (1924–1981), British publisher
- Anthea Larken (born 1938), British director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
- Anthea Millett (1941–2022), British health administrator
- Anthea Phillipps (born 1956), British botanist
- Anthea Redfern (born 1948), British television host
- Anthea Stewart (born 1944), Zimbabwean field hockey player
- Anthea Sylbert (born 1937), American costume designer
- Anthea Turner (born 1960), British television presenter and media personality
Fictional characters
[edit]- Anthea, home world (which is dying due lack of water) of the fictitious alien Thomas Jerome Newton, the protagonist of Walter Tevis' sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth. In the novel's 1976 film adaptation by Nicolas Roeg, Newton was played by David Bowie and the scenes taking place on dying Anthea were shot at White Sands, New Mexico.
- Anthea Hopper, a minor supporting character in the French animated show, Code Lyoko and Code Lyoko: Evolution. She was the wife of Professor Waldo Franz Shaffer, and is the long-lost mother of protagonist Aelita. Her second husband is Professor Lowell Tryon; the villain in the live-action seuqel
- In Men Behaving Badly, Valerie Minifie plays Anthea, an employee at Gary's security firm
- In BBC'S Sherlock (TV series), the assistant of Mycroft Holmes calls herself Anthea
- Anthy Himemiya is one of the main characters of the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Anthea is a queen of a desert tribe of "Speaking Mountain" in The Secret of the Sahara
- Anthea is one of the main characters in the Psammead trilogy by E. Nesbit
- Anthea in 2023 superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods, played by Rachel Zegler
- Anthea Stonem is the mother of the starring character Effy Stonem in the British TV-show Skins
See also
[edit]- Samantha, presumed to be a combination of Samuel and Anthea
- All pages with titles beginning with Anthea
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