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Lyceia

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Lyceia is the deity of the wolf or with a helmet of a wolf skin, at Troezen in Argolis. It was believed that her temple was built by the hunter Hippolytus who abstained from sex and marriage. Lyceia was probably a surname of Artemis among the Amazons from whom Hippolytus descended from his mother.

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020

Relationships

aspect of
Artemis (Diana)
co occurs with
Lycoatis, Lygodesma, Molpadia, Munichia, Mysia, Melissa, Laphria, Lecho, Leukophryene, Limnaia, Limnatis, Lochia, Lousia, Lyaia

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Sources

wikipedia (1)
  1. Epithets of Artemis

Source passages

“Lyceia, of the wolf or with a helmet of a wolf skin, at Troezen in Argolis. It was believed that her temple was built by the hunter Hippolytus who abstained from sex and marriage. Lyceia was probably a surname of Artemis among the Amazons from whom Hippolytus descended from his mother.”

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