Athena Alea
Alea (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέα) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea.[1][2] Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with Athena.[3] A statue of Athena Alea existed on the road from Sparta to Therapne.[4] Her most important sanctuary was the famous Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea.
Notes
- Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alea". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 108–109.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 23. § 1, 9. § 3, ii. 17. § 7
- Jost, Madeleine (1996). "Arcadian cults and myths". In Hornblower, Simon (ed.). Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 19. 3 7
References
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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