HERSE or ERSA

.

1. The wife of Danaus and mother of Hippodice and Adiante. (Apollod. ii. 1.)

2. A daughter of Cecrops and sister of Agraulos, Pandrosos, and Erysichthon. She was the beloved of Hermes, and the mother of Cephalus.

Respecting her story, see agraulos. At Athens sacrifices were offered to her, and the maidens who carried the vessels containing the libation were called Ersapoi. (Paus. i. 27. § 4; Hesych. and Moeris).

PANDEIA

was a goddess daughter of Zeus and Selene.

Pandeia may be the same as the goddesses Ersa and Nemeia, who were in other accounts are each named as the daughter of Zeus and Selene.