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To: SunkenCiv
"Great is Artemis of the Amarynthians!" I guess St. Paul never got there.

According to a notice in Der Kleine Pauly by Ernst Meyer, Amarynthos was a deme of Eretria on Euboea with a sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia and a great annual festival. See Strabo 10,1,10 p. 448 and Livy 35.38.3. There was also a cult of Artemis Amarysia in the Attic deme of Athmonon. Amarynthos was located at H. Vathia about 10 km east of Eretria.

But looking at a map of Greece it looks like the ancient name of Amarynthos has been restored.

12 posted on 09/09/2024 10:47:24 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

isn’t that temple located in the home island kingdom of wonder woman?


14 posted on 09/09/2024 10:50:12 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10-10-10-10)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Yup, it’s implied in the article that the reason for the renaming is the discoveries associated with this.

map from the article:

https://archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SO2024-Artemis-Greece-Euboea-Eretria-Map.jpg


18 posted on 09/09/2024 11:06:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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