Ergane

"Worker." Or Ergatis (Ἐργάτις), that is, the worker, a surname of Athena, who was believed to preside over and instruct man in all kinds of arts.

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References

Sources

  • Hesychius s.v.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece v, 14.5, i, 24.3.
  • Plutarch. De Fortuna, p. 99, a.
  • 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.