Diktynna
Diktynna is the goddess of Mount Dikte, Zeus' birthplace, and is sometimes portrayed as Britomartis. She is depicted as a winged goddess with a human face, standing atop the mountain and grasping an animal in each hand. Callimachus claims the name Diktynna, "Lady of the Nets," comes from the myth of Britomartis fleeing Minos and landing in fishermen's nets.
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When
- First attested
- 300 BCE
- Attested period
- -300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested from Hellenistic period onward.
Relationships
- allied with
- Artemis (Diana)
- aspect of
- Artemis (Diana)
- syncretized with
- Artemis (Diana), Britomartis, Aphaea
- co occurs with
- Carmê, Caryatis, Cedreatis, Chesias, Chitonia, Chrisilakatos, Chrisinios, Coryphaea, Cnagia, Daphnaea, Delia, Delphinia, Dereatis, Zeus, Hecate, Demeter, Cynthia
- manifests as
- Britomartis
- manifested by
- Artemis Diktynna
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“As Diktynna, her face was pictured on Cretan coins of Kydonia, Polyrrhenia and Phalasarna as the nurse of Zeus. On some early Britomartis coins produced in Kydonia, the coin was manufactured as an overstrike of specimens manufactured by Aegina. Another name, Pipituna, found in Linear B scripts, may be another form of Diktynna.”
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“Diktynna, from Mount Dikti, who is identified with the Minoan goddess Britomartis. Her name is derived from the mountain Dikti in Crete. A folk etymology derives her name from the word "diktyon" (net). In the legend Britomartis (the sweet young woman) was hunting together with Artemis who loved her desperately.”
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