Agrotera
deity forest single tradition · 1
Agrotera is the huntress of wild wood, in the Iliad and many cults. It was believed that she first hunted at Agrae of Athens after her arrival from Delos. There was a custom of making a "slaughter sacrifice", to the goddess before a battle.
Relationships
- aspect of
- Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- Alphaea, Amarynthia, Amphipyros, Apanchomene, Helene, Dentritis, Kondyleatis, Aricina, Ariadne, Britomartis, Alpheus, Virbius, Anaïtis, Angelos, Aphaea, Aeginaea, Aetole, Agoraea, Despoinai
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“Agrotera, the huntress of wild wood, in the Iliad and many cults. It was believed that she first hunted at Agrae of Athens after her arrival from Delos. There was a custom of making a "slaughter sacrifice", to the goddess before a battle.”
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