Upis
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.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Classical Greece.
Relationships
- allied with
- Apollo, Arge, Artemis (Diana), Hekaerge, Loxo
- serves
- Artemis (Diana)
- enemy of
- Orion
- child of
- Boreas
Mentioned by
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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