Pitanatis

A surname of Artemis, derived from the little town of Pitana in Laconia, where she had a temple.

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References

Sources

  • Callimachus. Hymn to Artemis, 172.
  • Euripides. Trojan Women, 1101.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 16.9.
  • 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.