Despoena

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Despoena is a figure from Greek mythology, often regarded as a mysterious goddess associated with Arcadian cults and sometimes identified as a daughter of Demeter.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Despoena canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
associatedRituals secret rites ⓘ
associatedWith Demeter ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
associatedWithAnimal horse (through Poseidon Hippios) ⓘ
associatedWithCult Arcadian mystery cults ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Arcadia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
cultCenter Lykosoura ⓘ
Mount Lykaion region ⓘ
linked to: Mount Lykaion
cultCharacter esoteric ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ
cultStatus important in Arcadian religion ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
describedBy Pausanias ⓘ
distinctFrom Demeter ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ
domain fertility ⓘ
mystery religion ⓘ
underworld aspects ⓘ
epithetMeaning Mistress ⓘ
father Poseidon ⓘ
greekName Δέσποινα ⓘ
hasAspect chthonic ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
mystery deity ⓘ
hasMythType local Arcadian myth ⓘ
hasParentageTradition daughter of Demeter (unspecified father) ⓘ
daughter of Demeter and Poseidon ⓘ
hasSanctuaryType mystery sanctuary ⓘ
hasTitle The Mistress of Arcadia ⓘ
linked to: Mistress of Arcadia
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
linkedConcept Arcadian mysteries ⓘ
local Arcadian religion ⓘ
rural fertility ⓘ
mentionedIn Description of Greece by Pausanias ⓘ
mother Demeter ⓘ
mythologicalEra age of the gods ⓘ
sanctuaryLocation Lykosoura in Arcadia ⓘ
linked to: Lykosoura
siblings Arion ⓘ
veneratedAs powerful local goddess ⓘ
worshippedIn Arcadia ⓘ
worshipPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
worshipType chthonic goddess ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Despoina → nameVariant → Despoena ⓘ
Despina → hasNameVariant → Despoena ⓘ