Anthea
Anthea, "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
People
- Anthea Askey, British actress
- Anthea Bell, British translator of literary works
- Anthea Benton, British television commercial and music video director
- Anthea Butler, American professor
- Anthea Fraser, novelist
- Anthea Joseph, British publisher
- Anthea Larken, British director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
- Anthea Millett, British health administrator
- Anthea Phillipps, British botanist
- Anthea Redfern, British television host
- Anthea Stewart, Zimbabwean field hockey player
- Anthea Sylbert, American costume designer
- Anthea Turner, British television presenter and media personality
Fictional characters
- Anthea, home world of the fictitious alien Thomas Jerome Newton, the protagonist of Walter Tevis' sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth
- Anthea Hopper, a minor supporting character in the French animated show, Code Lyoko and Code Lyoko: Evolution
- 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''