CINTHIA, CYNTHEA. Cynthia is the name given Diana (Artemis) after Cynthus, a mountain in Delos where she and Apollo were born. Ovid uses the name as a synonym for the goddess (Met II.465, VII.755, XV.537).

Criseyde swears by Cinthia, the moon, that she will return to Troilus on the tenth day, Tr IV.1608-1610. Cynthea as charioteer prepares to whirl out of the constellation Leo, lashing her horses on, Tr V.1018-1022, when Criseyde prepares for bed instead of returning to Troilus. [Diane: Latona: Lucina: Proserpina]

Cinthia, the byname of location used as a personal name, appears Tr IV.1608; Cynthea, a spelling variant, appears medially, Tr V.1018.