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Lyaia

deity songs single tradition · 1

Lyaia is a deity at Syracuse in Sicily. There is a clear influence from the cult of Artemis Caryatis in Laconia. The Sicilian songs were transformed songs from the Laconic bucolic (pastoral) songs at Caryai.

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Spartan colony.

Relationships

co occurs with
Lyceia, Lycoatis, Lygodesma, Molpadia, Munichia, Mysia, Melissa, Laphria, Lecho, Leukophryene, Limnaia, Limnatis, Lochia, Lousia

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Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Epithets of Artemis

Source passages

“Lyaia, at Syracuse in Sicily. (Spartan colony). There is a clear influence from the cult of Artemis Caryatis in Laconia. The Sicilian songs were transformed songs from the Laconic bucolic (pastoral) songs at Caryai.”

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