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    Hellenistic and Roman times, Britomartis was given a genealogical setting that cast her into a Classical context: Britomartis, who is also called Dictynna...
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    Britomartis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus, which was erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895 has two members: Britomartis...
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    Britomartis igarashii is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Forewing length: 14–15 mm. It is endemic to Borneo and is distributed only in mountainous...
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    identified with the goddesses Athena and Artemis and with the nymph Britomartis as well, by the 2nd century CE, the time of Pausanias: On Aegina as one...
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    the east of Hersonissos was an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Britomartis. William Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography states: 'CHERSONE’SUS...
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    latefascia (Fixsen, 1887) South Ussuri, Korea, North East China britomartis Assmann (66h), britomartis though connected with the nymotypical form of Melitaea aurelia...
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    and a rare epithet of Artemis. Aphaea is identified with Britomartis. In the legend Britomartis (the sweet young woman) escaped from Minos, who fell in...
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  • Britomart may refer to: Britomartis, a nymph of Greek mythology A character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene Lady Britomart Undershaft...
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  • of the above daughters who received Britomartis when she fled from King Minos of Crete. "First she [ie. Britomartis] arrived in Argos from Phoenicia, entering...
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    originally from Crete and also associated with Artemis and the nymph Britomartis. In Arcadia, she was assimilated with the ancient goddess Alea and worshiped...
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    540; Gantz, pp. 725–726. Pausanias, 2.30.3; March, s.v. Britomartis, p. 88; Smith, s.v. Britomartis. Apollodorus, 3.12.1; Hard 2004, 521. Nonnus, Dionysiaca...
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    July 1938. It is named after the mythological Carme, mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess. Carme did not receive its present name until 1975;...
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  • The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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  • The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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  • focused on devised theater), and Idlewild (an all-female ensemble). Britomartis, Vassar's only theater group exclusively creating devised theater, was...
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  • Erasinus, along with Anchirhoe, Byze and Melite; they are associated with Britomartis Maera or Mæra, an alternative name for Mara, a demon in Buddhist teachings...
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  • The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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  • The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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    sister Artemis, who was the Greek goddess of hunting, is identified with Britomartis (Diktynna), the Minoan "Mistress of the animals". In her earliest depictions...
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  • river-god Erasinus. She and her sisters, Anchiroe, Byze and Melite, received Britomartis. Maera, priestess of Aphrodite, and mother of two sons killed by Tydeus...
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    The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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    The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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    Argos daughters of the river god Erasinos; attendants of the goddess Britomartis. • Anchiroe • Byze • Maera • Melite Nymphs of the river Granicus River...
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  • olive-growing, and hunting Attis (Άττις), vegetation god and consort of Cybele Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις), Cretan goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling...
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    The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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    The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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    possibility. Kefalonia is also referenced in relation to the goddess Britomartis, as the location where she is said to have 'received divine honours from...
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    The Alseids Amphictyonis The Anthousai Aristaeus Attis The Auloniads Britomartis The Cabeiri Comus The Dryades Erato The Hamadryades Chrysopeleia The...
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    cultural history, the Mycenaeans adopted some Minoan goddesses like Aphaea, Britomartis, Diktynna and associated them with their sky-god. Many of them were absorbed...
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