Hellenistic and Roman times, Britomartis was given a genealogical setting that cast her into a Classical context: Britomartis, who is also called Dictynna...
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identified with the goddesses Athena and Artemis and with the nymph Britomartis as well, by the 2nd century CE, the time of Pausanias: On Aegina as one...
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Britomartis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus, which was erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895 has two members: Britomartis...
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the east of Hersonissos was an ancient temple dedicated to the goddess Britomartis. William Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography states: 'CHERSONE’SUS...
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Britomartis igarashii is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Forewing length: 14–15 mm. It is endemic to Borneo and is distributed only in mountainous...
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and a rare epithet of Artemis. Aphaea is identified with Britomartis. In the legend Britomartis (the sweet young woman) escaped from Minos, who fell in...
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Britomart may refer to: Britomartis, a nymph of Greek mythology A character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene Lady Britomart Undershaft...
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latefascia (Fixsen, 1887) South Ussuri, Korea, North East China britomartis Assmann (66h), britomartis though connected with the nymotypical form of Melitaea aurelia...
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July 1938. It is named after the mythological Carme, mother by Zeus of Britomartis, a Cretan goddess. Carme did not receive its present name until 1975;...
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originally from Crete and also associated with Artemis and the nymph Britomartis. In Arcadia, she was assimilated with the ancient goddess Alea and worshiped...
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