Upis

deity sky Greek single tradition · 3

Upis was one of the two maidens from Hyperborea, the other one being Arge. They came to Delos together with Apollo and Artemis and received honors from the Delians till the end of their lives.

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When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Classical Greece.

Relationships

enemy of
Orion
child of
Boreas

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Sources

Source passages

“Arge, one of the two maidens from Hyperborea (the other one being Upis), who came to Delos together with Apollo and Artemis and received honors from the Delians till the end of their lives.”

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“Another has Orion challenge Artemis to a contest with the discus, and attempts to rape her or one of her attendants, Upis.”

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“Upis' tomb in Delos was worshiped in cult, where the ashes of the burnt thighbones were cast after the sacrifice. Furthermore young girls would offer a lock from their hair as offering to her, while the boys offered the hair growing on their cheeks.”

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