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    Lycosura (Ancient Greek: Λυκόσουρα, romanized: Lykósoura) was a city in the ancient Parrhasia region of south Arcadia said by Pausanias to be the oldest...
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    Lycosura, a fire burned in front of the temple of Pan, the goat god. The megaron of Eleusis is quite similar to the "megaron" of Despoina at Lycosura...
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    worshipped in Arcadia, and was particularly worshipped at a sanctuary at Lycosura. The Arcadians had their own unique myths, which were mainly centered around...
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  • Dismorphia lycosura is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The wingspan is about 47 mm (1.9 in). Wikimedia Commons has...
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    springs and the animals, in a surrounding of animal-headed daimons. At Lycosura Artemis is depicted holding a snake and a torch and dressed with a deer...
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    remembered as a culture hero: he was believed to have founded the city Lycosura, to have established a cult of Zeus Lycaeus and to have started the tradition...
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    The megaron of Eleusis is quite similar to the "megaron" of Despoina at Lycosura. Demeter is united with her, the god Poseidon, and she bears him a daughter...
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    On either side of a doorway, the wall of the Temple of Despoina at Lycosura has a course of orthostates with string courses above them...
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    archaeological excavations in Santorini, Mycenae, Tiryns, Dodona, Vaphio, Rhamnous, Lycosura, Aegean islands, Delos, the Temple of Aphaea in Aegina, the Sanctuary of...
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    The underside of a corner horizontal geison block from Lycosura showing mutules with guttae...
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    horses" usually in Arcadia. He had temples at Lycosura, Mantineia, Methydrium, Pheneos, Pallandion. At Lycosura he is related with the cult of Despoina. The...
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    Eileithyia, who was the goddess of childbirth. The megaron of Despoina at Lycosura is quite similar to the Telesterion of Eleusis, and Demeter is united with...
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  • mentions animal-headed statues of Demeter and of other gods in Arcadia. At Lycosura on a marble relief, appear figures of women with the heads of different...
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    sculptor Damophon in 180 BC for the Temple of Despoina in the ancient city of Lycosura, now Arcadia, Greece. It is part of a mini-pantheon prominent in the city...
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    Fischschwänzen)". However the double-tailed tritonesses in Damophon's sculptures at Lycosura predates it, and even this is doubted to be the first example. Lattimore...
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    Falaisia (Phalesia), Gortys, Hypsus (Stemnitsa), Heraia, Lusi, Lykaio, Lycosura, Mantineia, Megalopolis, Orchomenus (Orchomenos), Tegea, Thoknia, Trapezus...
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    temple near Acacesium. The cult of Anytos is prominent in the city of Lycosura, home to the Temple of Despoina, a temple dedicated to the Chthonic pantheon...
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  • Herodes Atticus Villa, Peloponnese Lycaeon, Peloponnese Lyctus, Crete Lycosura, Peloponnese Macedonian Tombs at N.Nicomedia, Central Macedonia Magasa...
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    sculpture of Artemis, created in the Hellenistic period and discovered in Lycosura, present day Arcadia, Greece. The bust is an acrolith, a composite of many...
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    religious center of ancient Greece, containing the Temple of Athena Alea; and Lycosura, said by Pausanias to be the oldest city in the world. On the western side...
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  • the name of Musaeus. In explaining the presence of the Titan Anytos at Lycosura, he wrote: "From Homer the name of the Titans was taken by Onomakritos...
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  • succeeded by his own cousin, Aepytus, the son of Elatus. Cleitor dwelt in Lycosura and founded a town that bears its name (Cleitor). Dionysius of Halicarnassus...
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  • Messene, known for his many acroliths found in Messene, Megalopolis, Aegium, Lycosura and other cities of the Peloponnesus. Other cities beyond the Peloponnese...
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  • Lycaon, or by Pelasgus, son of Arestor. Some writers equate the city with Lycosura. Homer. Iliad. Vol. 2.608. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.10. Stephanus...
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  • famous beauty contest there. Acacesium Acontium Aliphera Basilis Daseae Lycosura Macareae Parrhasia Phigalia — in Parrhasia, but in an isolated area on...
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  • the name "Nomia" was derived from the nymph Nomia. It was situated near Lycosura. A sanctuary of Pan, very likely the one reported by Pausanias, was excavated...
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    Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Lombok) I. j. kallatia Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Kalao) I. j. lycosura Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Bonerate) I. j. sitah (Fruhstorfer, 1904) (Natuna Islands...
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    Dismorphia lewyi (Lucas, 1852) Dismorphia lua (Hewitson, 1869) Dismorphia lycosura (Hewitson, [1860]) Dismorphia lygdamis (Hewitson, 1869) Dismorphia lysis...
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    Haplopodus Herpes Hypera Hyperites Isorhinus Lamprohypera Larinosomus Limobius Lycosura Macrotarrhus Metadonus Nothyperus Oreochorus Orthodonus Pachypera Parahypera...
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  • Institute at Athens. In 1889, he conducted excavations at the sanctuary of Lycosura, which he took to be the sanctuary of Despoina described by the Ancient...
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