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- imitated she-bears, arktoi." "The initiation ritual for girls was called the Brauronia, after the location of Artemis' shrine at Brauron, in Attica, where the...
- Erasinus. Brauron is celebrated on account of the worship of Artemis Brauronia, in whose honor a festival was celebrated in this place. This site includes...
- of Athena Nike and the Parthenon, there was the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia (or the Brauroneion), the goddess represented as a bear and worshipped...
- Iliad was also recited at the festival of the Brauronia, at Brauron in Attica (Hesychius s.v. Brauronia). Hipparchus 228b8. This, however, may be merely...
- The Brauroneion was the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia on the Athenian Acropolis, located in the southwest corner of the Acropolis plateau, between the...
- priest. The bearlike character of Artemis herself was a feature of the Brauronia. It has been suggested that the myths of Artemis' nymphs breaking their...
- PIE *h₂ŕ̥tḱos), supported by the bear cult the goddess had in Attica (Brauronia) and the Neolithic remains at the Arkoudiotissa Cave, as well as the story...
- 410 BC. Statue head of Artemis Brauronia, possibly by Praxiteles, c. 330 BC. Found at the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia at the Acropolis. A magic sphere...
- Anthesteria Apellai Apaturia Aphrodisia Arrhephoria Ascolia Bendidia Boedromia Brauronia Buphonia Chalceia Diasia Delia Delphinia Dionysia Ecdysia Elaphebolia...
- hunting dog with Laconian characteristics found in the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia on the Acropolis. Other names Λάκαινα Spartan Castorian Lacedaemonian...