Cordaca

A surname of Artemis in Elis. It is derived from an indecent dance called κόρδαξ (kordax), a dance peculiar to the dwellers around Mount Sipylus, which the companions of Pelops are said to have performed in honor of Artemis after a victory they had won.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece vi, 22.1.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.