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List of Gods : "Troezen" - 5 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
King name "Aethra"	Greek	A daughter of king Pittheus of Troezen. Bellerophon sued for her hand, but was banished from Corinth before the nuptials took place.
King name "Amphitryon"	Greek	Or Amphitruo a son of Alcaeus, king of Troezen, by Hipponome, the daughter of Menoeceus. Pausanias calls his mother Laonome.
God name "Helios"	Greek	In Greece the cult of Helios was very ancient and was practised throughout the land, at Elis, at Apollonia, on the Acropolis of Corinth, at Argos, at Troezen, on Cape Taenarum, at Athens, in Thrace and finally, and especially, in the island of Rhodes which was sacred to him. In Rhodes could be seen.the colossal statue of HeIios, the renowned work of the sculptor Chares. It was about thirty yards high, and ships in full sail could påśś between the god's legs. Greek
"Lyterius"	Roman	I. e. the Deliverer, a surname of Pan, under which he had a sanctuary at Troezene, because he was believed during a plague to have revealed in dreams the proper remedy against the disease. Roman
"Saronis"	Greek	A surname of Artemis at Troezene, where an annual festival was celebrated in honour of her under the name of Saronia. Greek

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