Lykosoura

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Lykosoura was an ancient Arcadian city in the Peloponnese, renowned as a major sanctuary site dedicated to the goddess Despoina in Greek religion.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lykosoura canonical 4
Lykosoura in Arcadia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Greek Archaeological Service ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains altar ⓘ
colonnades ⓘ
fragments of marble sculpture ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ
associatedDeity Anytos ⓘ
Artemis ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ
claimedAs oldest city in Greece ⓘ
oldest city in the world ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultEpithet Despoina ("the Mistress") ⓘ
linked to: Despoina
cultStatueSculptor Damophon of Messene ⓘ
cultType mystery cult ⓘ
culturalSphere ancient Greek culture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Despoina ⓘ
describedInWork Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
hasFeature sacred precinct (temenos) ⓘ
theater-like seating for worshippers ⓘ
hasMonument colossal cult statue group of Despoina and Demeter ⓘ
hasRituals animal sacrifice ⓘ
mystery rites of Despoina ⓘ
processions ⓘ
hasSanctuary Sanctuary of Despoina at Lykosoura ⓘ
hasSanctuaryOf Despoina ⓘ
hasTemple Temple of Despoina ⓘ
heritageType classical archaeological heritage site ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Arcadia ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
ancient Arcadia ⓘ
majorDeityVenerated Despoina ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
modernAdministrativeRegion Arcadia regional unit ⓘ
nearMountain Mount Lykaion ⓘ
nearSettlement Megalopolis ⓘ
periodOfFlourishing Hellenistic period ⓘ
periodOfUse Classical period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
primaryFunctionInAntiquity religious sanctuary center ⓘ
regionType mountainous region ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
urbanStatus small city ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Despoina → cultCenter → Lykosoura ⓘ
Despoina → cultCenter → Lykosoura ⓘ
subject linked to: Despoena
Despoina → sanctuaryLocation → Lykosoura in Arcadia ⓘ
subject linked to: Despoena
linked to: Lykosoura