Azesia

A surname of Demeter and Persephone, which is derived either from ζητεῖν (zētein), to seek.

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References

Sources

  • Hesychius s.v.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Spanheim, on Callimachus, 740.
  • Suidas, s.v.
  • Zenobius, iv, 20.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.