Daduchos or Daduchus, or Dadouchos (/dษหdjuหkษs/;[1] Ancient Greek: ฮดแพณฮดฮฟแฟฆฯฮฟฯ "torch-bearer", from ฮดแพถฮนฯ+แผฯฯ) is an epithet of Artemis, and notably of Demeter seeking her lost daughter (Persephone) with a torch. It was also an epithet of Hekate,[2] a goddess frequently associated with torches. This title was given in the Rhodes Island in Greece.[2] It was also the title of the second priest (ranking after the Hierophant) at the Eleusinian Mysteries, an office inherited in several families of Athens.
References
edit- ^ Gardner, Dorsey; Porter, Noah, eds. (1884). A Practical Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. p.ย 548.
- ^ a b MORELLI, DONATO (1959). "Parte Prima: FONTI". Studi Classici e Orientali. 8: 1โ73. ISSNย 0081-6124. JSTORย 24172474.
Sources
edit- Eleusis By Karl Kerรฉnyi Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter Page 78 ISBNย 0-691-01915-0
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