Damia
A Cretan maiden, probably Demeter, companion of Auxesia, who arrived at Troezen during a insurrection. During the tumult, the two maidens were stoned to death, whereupon the Troezenians paid divine honors to them, and instituted the festival of the Lithobolia. See further Auxesia.
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References
Source
- Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.