Arge
deity Greek single tradition · 3
In Greek mythology, Arge was a huntress. When she was pursuing a stag, she boasted that she would catch up with the animal even if it ran as fast as Helios. The sun god, offended by her words, changed her into a doe.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Classical Greece.
Relationships
- manifests as
- doe
- parent of
- Dionysus
- allied with
- Artemis (Diana), Apollo, Upis, Hekaerge, Loxo
- co occurs with
- Cronos, Opis, Zeus, Helios, Eileithyia
- child of
- Hera
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Arge, a nymph and the daughter of Zeus and Hera.”
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“Arge and Opis came at the same time as the gods of Delos and are honoured by the Delians in a different way. For the Delian women make collections in these maidens' names”
#40860 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The virgin Upis along with her sisters (Arge, Hekaerge, and Loxo depending on the author) were the first to leave Hyperborea and arrive in Delos along with the Delian gods, Artemis and Apollo”
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