Acraea

Acraea (Ancient Greek: Ἀκραία means 'of the heights' from akraios) was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology.

Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymna acted as nurses to Hera. A hill opposite the temple of Hera near Mycenae was named Acraea for her.

Acraea and Acraeus are also epithets given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, including Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Athena and Artemis.