Ichnaea

That is, the tracing goddess, occurs as a surname of Themis, though in her case it may have been derived from the town of Ichnae, where she was worshiped,1 and a surname of Nemesis.2

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References

Notes

  1. Homeric Hymns. Hymn to Apollo; Hymn to Delos, 94; Lycophron, 129; Strabo. Geography ix, p. 435; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἴχναι.
  2. Brunck. Analecta ii, pp. 1, 86.

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.