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Βριτόμαρτις

Βριτόμαρτις, Britomartis

Βρῐτόμαρτις, ἡ, acc. -ιν SIG 527.29 (Dreros, iii B. C.; where B. is distd. fr. Artemis),
  • name of Artemis in Crete, = virgo dulcis, acc. to Solin. 11.8 (but a nymph in Call. Dian. 190): gen. -εως, Str. 10.4.14; -ιδος, EM 214.23:—hence Βρῐτομάρτια, τά, festival at Delos, IG 11 (2).145.34. (Derived from βρίτον, = ἀγαθόν, acc. to EM 214.29.)

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