Lampsace
deity Ancient Greece single tradition · 1
Lampsace was the daughter of Mandron, king of the Bebryces, who was honored as a heroine and later deified. She became aware of a plot by the Bebrycians to drive the Greeks out of their land and reported it to the Greeks, who then forestalled the barbarians. She was greatly honored for having informed the Greeks of the imminent threat, but she fell sick and died.
When
- First attested
- 400 BCE
- Attested period
- -400 – 100
- Historical notes
- Attested from the 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE.
Relationships
- child of
- Mandron
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In Greek legendary history, Lampsace or Lampsake (Ancient Greek: Λαμψάκη) was the eponym of the city Lampsacus, honored as a heroine and later deified. The story concerning her, known from the works of Plutarch and Polyaenus, is as follows.”
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