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Definition of Despoina

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Despoina

Literary usage of Despoina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Description of Greece by Pausanias (1824)
"Near the temple of Despoina, on ascending a little, you will perceive, on the right hand, that which is called the Me- garon, or the magnificent abode. ..."

2. Catalogue of Casts by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Edward Robinson (1896)
"The images of the goddesses themselves," he says, " Despoina and Demeter, and the throne whereon they are seated, and the footstool beneath their feet, ..."

3. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1907)
"41. in Elis (R. 118), and we have a hint of '' In the inscription from the Laco- the worship of Despoina at Epidauros nian ..."

4. The Standard Operaglass, Containing the Detailed Plots of One Hundred and by Charles Annesley (1907)
"Hearing, that Despoina is leading the enemy to battle he bids Telemachos to ... Suddenly the news reaches him, that the enemy headed by Despoina is gaining ..."

5. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"He also summoned "the gentlemen of Negroponte . . . that th'ey should come to help him in this war which the despoina [Anna] had commenced against him. ..."

6. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm), Karl Baedeker (1894)
"Special notice should be paid to the sculptures from the Temple of Despoina at ... the larger, with a veil-like drapery, representing Despoina, the other ..."

7. Select Passages from Ancient Writers Illustrative of the History of Greek by Henry Stuart Jones (1895)
"Demeter bears a torch in her right hand, while she has laid the left on Despoina ; Despoina bears a sceptre and ' cista,' as it is called, ..."

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