Promachorma

I.e. "the protectress of the bay," was a surname of Athena, under which she had a sanctuary on Mount Buporthmos near Hermione (Ermioni).

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 34.9.
  • 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.