Aspalis
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In Greek mythology, Aspalis was a local heroine from Melite in Phthia whose story was apparently meant to provide an etiology for the local surname and cult of Artemis. As in certain Artemis mythology, she hanged herself and her body disappeared.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 200
- Historical notes
- Classical Greece
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Artemis (Diana), Britomartis, Side, Titanis
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Aspalis has been speculated to have originally been a western Semitic hunting goddess identified with Artemis.”
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