Despoena

The ruling goddess or the mistress, occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Aphrodite,1 Demeter,2 and Persephone.3

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References

Notes

  1. Theocritus, xv, 100.
  2. Aristophanes. Thesmophoriazusae, 286.
  3. Pausanias. Description of Greece viii, 37.6.

Source

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

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