Semnai Theai

"Venerable goddesses." Goddesses of the earth and of fertility who were worshiped in a cave on the Aeropagus. Over time they were identified with the Erinyes.

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References

Sources

  • Aeschylus. Eumenides 361, 993.
  • Lurker, Manfred. (2004). Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Demons. London: Routledge.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 28.1, 31.4; ii, 11.4.