What is "athenais"

Athenais (Ἀθηναΐς) was a prophetess from Erythrae in Ionia, Asia Minor. She lived at the time of Alexander the Great, and told Alexander of his allegedly divine descent, according to Strabo.

Marcia Annia Claudia Alcia Athenais Gavidia Latiaria, otherwise most commonly known as Athenais (143-161) was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent who lived in the Roman Empire.

Athenais was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent. Athenais lived between the second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century in the Roman Empire.

Athenais was the daughter of the Athenian Aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus and his unnamed wife. Her paternal half uncle was Lucius Vibullius Claudius Herodes. Her paternal grandparents was the Aristocrat Lucius Vibullius Rufus and noblewoman Athenais. Athenais was named in honor of her late paternal grandmother. Her paternal grandparents were paternal second cousins. Through her paternal grandmother, Athenais was a great granddaughter of the Sophist Herodes Atticus and Roman aristocratic noblewoman Aspasia Annia Regilla and through her paternal grandfather she was a great granddaughter of Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus who served as an Archon of Athens in 143-144. Herodes Atticus and Publius Aelius Vibullius Rufus were first cousins. Through Aspasia Annia Regilla, Athenais was a relative to the family of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger.

Athenais was born and raised in Athens. She is only known from honorific inscriptions dedicated to her in Greece. There was a statue dedicated to her at Olympia, Greece and the headless statue of her is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

Athenais is a given name which may refer to:

• Athenais (seer), 4th century BC prophetess who told Alexander the Great of his allegedly divine descent
• Athenais Philostorgos I (fl. 1st century BC), Queen of Cappadocia
• Athenais Philostorgos II (fl. 1st century BC), princess from the Kingdom of Pontus and through marriage a Roman client Queen of Cappadocia
• Athenais of Media Atropatene (fl. 1st century BC), princess from the Kingdom of Commagene and wife of Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene
• Athenais (daughter of Herodes Atticus) (141-161), noblewoman who lived in the Roman Empire
• Athenais (great-granddaughter of Herodes Atticus), Roman noblewoman who lived between the second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century
• Aelia Eudocia (c. 401-460), birth name Athenais, wife of East Roman Emperor Theodosius II
• Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan (1641–1707), better known as Madame de Montespan, chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France