Artemis at Brauron

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Artemis at Brauron was an important sanctuary and cult of the goddess Artemis in eastern Attica, especially associated with rites of passage for young girls in ancient Greece.

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Label Occurrences
Artemis at Brauron canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ
cult site ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
associatedMyth Euripides’ Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ
Iphigenia ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ
associatedRitual arkteia ⓘ
associatedWith adolescent girls ⓘ
bears in ritual symbolism ⓘ
childbirth ⓘ
female initiation rituals ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
marriage preparation ⓘ
rites of passage ⓘ
transition from childhood to adulthood ⓘ
young girls ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
cultPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
choral dances ⓘ
initiation rituals for girls ⓘ
processions ⓘ
votive dedications of clothing ⓘ
votive dedications of toys ⓘ
cultType Artemis cult ⓘ
dedicatedTo Artemis ⓘ
excavatedBy Greek Archaeological Service ⓘ
floruit 5th century BCE ⓘ
governingCity Athens ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Brauron archaeological site ⓘ
hasMuseum Archaeological Museum of Brauron ⓘ
hasStructure altar ⓘ
bridge ⓘ
dining rooms ⓘ
sacred spring ⓘ
stoa ⓘ
storage rooms ⓘ
temenos ⓘ
temple of Artemis ⓘ
locatedIn Attica ⓘ
Brauron ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
eastern Attica ⓘ
mainDeity Artemis ⓘ
nearbyFeature Erasinos River ⓘ
Euripus Strait ⓘ
period Archaic period ⓘ
Classical period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
politicalContext Athenian state cult ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ

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

Iphigenia → cultAssociation → Artemis at Brauron ⓘ