Athena Alea

Alea (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέα) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea.^[1]^[2] Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with Athena.^[3] A statue of Athena Alea existed on the road from Sparta to Therapne.^[4] Her most important sanctuary was the famous Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea.

Notes[]

^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alea". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 108–109.
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 23. § 1, 9. § 3, ii. 17. § 7
^ Jost, Madeleine (1996). "Arcadian cults and myths". In Hornblower, Simon (ed.). Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 19. 3 7

References[]

Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alea". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

External links[]

Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea at the Athena Museum

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[DGRBM-1] Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alea". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 108–109.

[2] Pausanias, Description of Greece viii. 23. § 1, 9. § 3, ii. 17. § 7

[arcmyth-3] Jost, Madeleine (1996). "Arcadian cults and myths". In Hornblower, Simon (ed.). Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[4] Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 19. 3 7

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