Orthia

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Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Artemis Orthia 1
Orthia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epithet
religious concept
associatedWith Artemis
surface form: Greek goddess Artemis

fierce aspect of Artemis
wild aspect of Artemis
associatedWithCityState Sparta
associatedWithConcept discipline in Spartan society
initiation into adulthood
testing of youth
connectedWithDeity Απόλλων
surface form: Apollo (in Spartan cult context)
cultCenter Sparta
surface form: Lacedaemon

Sparta
cultRegion Laconia
Peloponnese
cultTitleOf Artemis
surface form: Artemis Orthia
epithetIn ancient Greek religion
epithetOf Artemis
hasAttribute fierceness
protective power
wildness
hasCultType civic cult of Sparta
local cult
hasDomain liminal spaces
wilderness
hasMythologicalContext Greek mythological tradition
Spartan civic ideology
hasSanctuary sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
surface form: Artemis Orthia sanctuary in Sparta
languageOfName Ancient Greek
linkedToPractices ritual ordeals
tests of endurance
linkedToRituals Spartan coming-of-age ceremonies
Spartan initiation rites
locatedInReligion ancient Greek polytheism
partOf Greek pantheon cult epithets
relatedSanctuary Eurotas River
surface form: Eurotas River area

Spartan agoge context
timePeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
veneratedBy Dorians
surface form: Lacedaemonians

Spartans
worshipForm processions
public ceremonies
ritual contests
worshippedAt sanctuary of Artemis Orthia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artemis epithet Orthia
Sparta primaryDeity Orthia
this entity surface form: Artemis Orthia