divine spirits of the boys
ancestor Greek single tradition · 1
These are the spirits of some boys who tied a rope around the image of Artemis and said that she was hanged. The boys were killed by the inhabitants, causing a divine punishment. An annual sacrifice was instituted to the divine spirits of the boys.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Genetyllis, Britomartis, Kallisto, Hyacinthos, Iocheaira
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wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In a legend some boys tied a rope around the image of the goddess and said that Artemis was hanged. The boys were killed by the inhabitants and this caused a divine punishment. All the women brought dead children in the world, until the boys were honourably buried. An annual sacrifice was instituted to the divine spirits of the boys.”
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