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data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoina" title="Despoina – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Despoina" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoena_(mytholeg)" title="Despoena (mytholeg) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Despoena (mytholeg)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoina" title="Despoina – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Despoina" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B1_(%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Δέσποινα (μυθολογία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δέσποινα (μυθολογία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoina" title="Despoina – Inglis" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Despoina" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Inglis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despena" title="Despena – Spainish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Despena" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spainish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="دسپوینا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دسپوینا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoina" title="Despoina – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Despoina" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_(%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94)" title="דספינה (מיתולוגיה) – Ebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דספינה (מיתולוגיה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Ebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despina_(mitologija)" title="Despina (mitologija) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Despina (mitologija)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoina" title="Despoina – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Despoina" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despina_(mitologia)" title="Despina (mitologia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Despina (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%98" title="데스포이나 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="데스포이나" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoena" title="Despoena – Laitin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Despoena" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Laitin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despina" title="Despina – Lithuanie" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Despina" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanie" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Деспина (митологија) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Деспина (митологија)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despoina" title="Despoina – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Despoina" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="sco" dir="ltr"><p>In <a href="/wiki/Greek_meethologie" title="Greek meethologie">Greek meethologie</a>, <b>Despoina</b>, <b>Despoena</b> or <b>Despoine</b>, wis the dochter o <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> an <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a> an sister o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arion_(meethologie)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arion (meethologie) (page disna exeest)">Arion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She wis the goddess o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meesteries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meesteries (page disna exeest)">meesteries</a> o <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arcadie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arcadie (page disna exeest)">Arcadie</a> cults worshippit unner the title <i>Despoina</i>, "the mistress" alangside wi her mither Demeter, ane o the goddesses o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleusinie_meesteries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleusinie meesteries (page disna exeest)">Eleusinie meesteries</a>. Her real name coud no be revealed tae onyane except those initiatit tae her meesteries.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pausanias speuk o Demeter as haein twa dochters; Kore bein born first, then later Despoina. Wi Zeus bein the faither o Kore, an Poseidon as the faither o Despoina. Pausanias made it clear that Kore is Persephone, tho he wadna reveal Despoina's proper name. </p><p>In the primitive meeth, Poseidon saw Demeter, the Yird mither an desired her. Tae avoid him, she teuk her archaic form o a mare, but he teuk the form o a stallion an matit wi her. From this union Demeter bore a dochter Despoina an a fabulous horse <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arion_(meethologie)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arion (meethologie) (page disna exeest)">Arion</a> (<span lang="grc" title="Ancient Greek (to 1453) leid text">Ἀρείων</span>). Due tae her anger at this turn o events, Demeter teuk on the epithet <i>Erinys</i>, or <i>raging</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymologie">Etymologie</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Eedit section: Etymologie" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Etymologie"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wird <i>Despoina</i> (<span lang="grc" title="Ancient Greek (to 1453) leid text">Δέσποινα</span>) "mistress" is derivit frae the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mycenean_Greek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mycenean Greek (page disna exeest)">Mycenean Greek</a> <i>*des-potnia</i> which is interpretit as "lady or mistress o the hoose", frae <a href="/w/index.php?title=PIE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PIE (page disna exeest)">PIE</a> <i>*dem/*dom</i> "build, hoose", Greek "domos" an <i>potni</i> "lady, mistress", Greek "potnia". The masculine form is <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despotes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Despotes (page disna exeest)">despotes</a></i> (<span lang="grc" title="Ancient Greek (to 1453) leid text">Δεσπότης</span>), "maister o the hoosehauld.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Relatit wirds are the Mycenean Greek <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potnia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Potnia (page disna exeest)">potnia</a></i> an <i>Posedao</i> (<a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a>), which wur inheritit in classical Greece wi the same meanin. <i>Demeter</i> is probably a relative wird interpretit as "mither o the hoose" (frae <a href="/w/index.php?title=PIE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PIE (page disna exeest)">PIE</a> <i>*dems-mater</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cult_o_Despoina">Cult o Despoina</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Eedit section: Cult o Despoina" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Cult o Despoina"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sanctuar_at_Lycosura">Sanctuar at Lycosura</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Eedit section: Sanctuar at Lycosura" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Sanctuar at Lycosura"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lycosoura-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Lycosoura-2.jpg/300px-Lycosoura-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Lycosoura-2.jpg/450px-Lycosoura-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Lycosoura-2.jpg/600px-Lycosoura-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Perspective reconstruction o the temple o Despoina: The acrolithic statues o Demeter (L) an Despoina (R) are visible at the scale in the cella</figcaption></figure><p> Despoina became worshipped in a sanctuar at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lycosura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lycosura (page disna exeest)">Lycosura</a> wast tae the toun o Megalopolis. This is a vera important steid for the study o auncient <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meestery_releegion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meestery releegion (page disna exeest)">meestery releegions</a>, awtho this cult remained regional than panhellenic. Despoina wis later conflatit wi Persephone. First in that place thare wis a temple o Artemis Hegemone (the leader) wi a bronze image (apparently Hecate). Frae this place thare wis an entrance tae the sacred enclosur o Despoine. In the portico there was a tablet wi the inscriptions o the meesteries. In front o the temple thare wis an altar tae Demeter an anither tae Despoine, efter which wis ane o the Great Mither. Demeter carriet a torch in her richt haund an her ither haund wis laid upon Despoine. Bi the side o Demeter stuid Artemis (probably identifee'd wi Hecate an aw). Bi the image o Despoine stuid Anytos, ane o the Titans. The Arcadies believit that Despoine wis brocht up bi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anytos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anytos (page disna exeest)">Anytos</a> an Artemis wis no the dochter o <a href="/wiki/Leto" title="Leto">Leto</a>, but o Demeter. Besides the temple thare wis the haw whaur the Arcadies celebratit the meesteries an ayont it a grove sacred tae Despoine an altars o Poseidon <i>Hippios</i> (horse) an ither gods an aw.</p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg/180px-Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg/270px-Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg/360px-Lady_of_Auxerre_Louvre_Ma3098_n2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="3333" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lady_of_Auxerre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lady of Auxerre (page disna exeest)">Lady of Auxerre</a> Louvre-An Archaic (640 BC) image from Crete, probably a version o the Minoan Goddess identifee'd wi <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Kore</a>.</figcaption></figure><p> Despoine wis her surname amang the mony, juist as they surnamit Demeter's dochter bi <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a>, Kore (the maiden).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oreegins">Oreegins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Eedit section: Oreegins" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Oreegins"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meesteries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meesteries (page disna exeest)">meesteries</a> Demeter wis a seicont goddess unner her dochter, the unnameable "Despoina".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It seems that the meeths in isolatit Arcadia wur connectit wi the first Greek-speakin fowk who came frae the north durin the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bronze_age&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bronze age (page disna exeest)">bronze age</a>. The tae goddesses haed close connections wi the rivers an the springs. They wur relatit wi the god o the rivers an the springs <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a> an especially wi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Artemis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artemis (page disna exeest)">Artemis</a>, who wis the first nymph. Her epithet "the mistress" haes its analogue in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mycenean_Greek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mycenean Greek (page disna exeest)">Mycenean Greek</a> inscriptions foond at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pylos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pylos (page disna exeest)">Pylos</a> in soothren Greece an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Knossos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knossos (page disna exeest)">Knossos</a> in <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a>. Despoina wis later conflatit wi <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Kore</a> (Persephone), the goddess o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleusinian_meesteries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleusinian meesteries (page disna exeest)">Eleusinian meesteries</a> in a life-daith-rebirth cycle. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Kerenyi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Kerenyi (page disna exeest)">Karl Kerenyi</a> assertit that the cult wis a continuation o a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Minoan_releegion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Minoan releegion (page disna exeest)">Minoan</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Goddess&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goddess (page disna exeest)">Goddess</a> wirship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Epithet">Epithet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Eedit section: Epithet" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Epithet"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despoina wis uised as an epithet for several goddesses an aw, especially <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a> an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hecate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hecate (page disna exeest)">Hecate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Persephone an Demeter wur the goddesses o the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleusinian_meesteries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleusinian meesteries (page disna exeest)">Eleusinian meesteries</a>, identifee'd as the twa <i>potniai</i> (mistresses) in a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Linear_B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Linear B (page disna exeest)">Linear B</a> inscription at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pylos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pylos (page disna exeest)">Pylos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Greece" title="Olympia, Greece">Olympia</a> they were called <i>Despoine</i> (<span lang="grc" title="Ancient Greek (to 1453) leid text">Δέσποινες</span>: the mistresses).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The epithet mey recaw the unnameable <i>mistress o the labyrinth</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircheologie">Aircheologie</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Eedit section: Aircheologie" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Aircheologie"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the time o Pausanias visit in the 2nt century BE, the sculpturs wad hae been three hunder or mair year auld. In the 2nt century CE, a statue o the emperor <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hadrian&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hadrian (page disna exeest)">Hadrian</a> wis dedicatit in the temple. Coins frae Megalopolis, frae the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Severan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Severan (page disna exeest)">Severan</a> period in the early 3rd century appear tae depict the cult statue group.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thare is a smaw museum at the airchaeological steid, hoosin smaw fynds as well as pairt o the cult group, while the remains o the cult statues o Despoina an Demeter are displayed at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naitional_Airchaeological_Museum_o_Athens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naitional Airchaeological Museum o Athens (page disna exeest)">Naitional Airchaeological Museum o Athens</a>. The maist significant is the veil o Despoina wi a complex decorative program, probably representative o the teeps o embroidered woven materials able tae be creatit bi contemporar airtists. The heids o Artemis, Demeter an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anytos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anytos (page disna exeest)">Anytus</a> an a Tritoness frae the throne are displayed an aw. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"> <tbody><tr> <th>Elements o the cult sculptural group in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naitional_Archaeological_Museum_o_Athens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naitional Archaeological Museum o Athens (page disna exeest)">Naitional Archaeological Museum o Athens</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lycosoura-group.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Lycosoura-group.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="246" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="246" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>From L-R: Artemis, Demeter, Veil o Despoina, Anytus, Tritoness frae the throne. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ither_uises">Ither uises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Eedit section: Ither uises" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Ither uises"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orthodox_Kirk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orthodox Kirk (page disna exeest)">Orthodox Kirk</a> the title "despoina" is gien tae the mither o God.</li> <li>In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Byzantine_Greek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byzantine Greek (page disna exeest)">Byzantine Greek</a> 'despoina' wis a feminine court title meanin "lady", while the masculine 'despotes' meant "laird".</li> <li>In <a href="/w/index.php?title=Modren_Greek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Modren Greek (page disna exeest)">Modren Greek</a> the title "despoinis" means "Miss" an can be uised tae address young ladies an waitresses amangst ithers.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despina_(muin)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Despina (muin) (page disna exeest)">Despina</a>, a satellite o <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>, wis namit efter the goddess Despoina.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Eedit section: Notes" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Notes"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" class="extiw" title="en:Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.25.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160">8.25.7</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.42.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160">8.42.1</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pausanias, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.37.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160">8.37.9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pausanias, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.25.5">8.25.5–6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=despot&searchmode=none">Online Etymology Dictionary</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hjalmar_Frisk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hjalmar Frisk (page disna exeest)">Frisk</a>.<i>Griechisches Etymological Woerterbuch</i>. Entry 1271</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Despoine.html">Pausanias 8.37.1,8.38.2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/image?img=1993.01.0583&redirect=true">Reconstruction of interior of Sanctuary of Despoina</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Kerenyi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Kerenyi (page disna exeest)">Karl Kerenyi</a> (1967). <i>Eleusis. Archetypal image of mother and daughter</i>. Princeton University Press. p 31f</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hathorn, p. 13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">H.Robin, H.J. Rose. <i>The rootledge handbook of greek mythology</i>. p 102</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Chadwick.J. <i>The Mycenean world</i>. 1976. UP Cambridge <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0521085586" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 0-521-08558-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pausanias_(geographer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pausanias (geographer) (page disna exeest)">Pausanias</a>. <i>Description of Greece</i>. 5.15.4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kn Gg 702 (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Linear_B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Linear B (page disna exeest)">Linear B</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=Mycenean_Greek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mycenean Greek (page disna exeest)">Mycenean Greek</a> tablet): da-pu<sub>2</sub>-ri-to-jo, po-ti-ni-ja</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Kerenyi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Kerenyi (page disna exeest)">Karl Kerenyi</a>: <i>Dionysos. The archetypal image of indestructible life.</i> Part I iii <i>The Cretan core of Dionysos myth</i>. Priceton University Press. 1976 p 89, 90</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jost (1985). <i>Sanctuaries et cults d'Arcadie</i>. Paris</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_an_aw">See an aw</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Eedit section: See an aw" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: See an aw"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demeter" title="Demeter">Demeter</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lycosura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lycosura (page disna exeest)">Lycosura</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nepthys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nepthys (page disna exeest)">Nepthys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persephone" title="Persephone">Persephone</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Potnia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Potnia (page disna exeest)">Potnia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Eedit section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hard, Robin, <a href="/w/index.php?title=H._J._Rose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. J. Rose (page disna exeest)">Herbert Jennings Rose</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=XfGw5uYrDMYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+Handbook+of+Greek+Mythology&hl=en&ei=slYiTJS1PIP_8AbMooCUBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false"><i>The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's Handbook of Greek Mythology</i></a>, Routledge; seventh edition, 2004, <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415186360" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 978-0-415-18636-0</a>. pp. 101–102.</li> <li>Hathorn, Richmond Yancey, <i>Crowell's handbook of classical drama</i>, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (1967).</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Smith_(lexicographer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Smith (lexicographer) (page disna exeest)">Smith, William</a>; <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Biography_and_Mythology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (page disna exeest)">Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology</a></i>, London (1873). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DD%3Aentry+group%3D8%3Aentry%3Ddespoena-bio-1">"Despoena" </a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freemit_airtins">Freemit airtins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Eedit section: Freemit airtins" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>eedit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Despoina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Freemit airtins"><span>eedit soorce</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Despoine.html">Theoi Project - "Despoine"</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Taen frae "<a dir="ltr" href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Despoina&oldid=863893">https://sco.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Despoina&oldid=863893</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Categeries</a>: <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Airticles_conteenin_Ancient_Greek_(to_1453)-leid_text&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Airticles conteenin Ancient Greek (to 1453)-leid text (page disna exeest)">Airticles conteenin Ancient Greek (to 1453)-leid text</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Greek_goddesses" title="Category:Greek goddesses">Greek goddesses</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Affspring_o_Poseidon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Affspring o Poseidon (page disna exeest)">Affspring o Poseidon</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Epithets_o_Demeter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Epithets o Demeter (page disna exeest)">Epithets o Demeter</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Epithets_o_Aphrodite&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Epithets o Aphrodite (page disna exeest)">Epithets o Aphrodite</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Epithets_o_Hecate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Epithets o Hecate (page disna exeest)">Epithets o Hecate</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Affspring_o_Demeter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Affspring o Demeter (page disna exeest)">Affspring o Demeter</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_uisin_ISBN_magic_airtins" title="Category:Pages uisin ISBN magic airtins">Pages uisin ISBN magic airtins</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page wis last eeditit on 11 Mairch 2022, at 07:04.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available unner the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms mey apply. 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