their land bear fruit. She was primarily worshipped around Athens, and in the Argolis region (containing the cities of Argos, Troezen, and Epidaurus, among others). Many believe that Damia is Demeter and Auxesia is the Kore. AUXE′SIA (Auxêsia), the goddess who grants growth and prosperity to the fields, a surname of Persephone. Collection Areas of the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.) : When they could not obtain possession of them in this manner, they tied cords around the images with which they could be dragged. Demeter and Persephone themselves!

and Auxesia be created out of olive wood for Epidaurus, if they wished to have Ask your dues of the men of Aigina (Aegina), who have the images.’ The Athenians therefore sent to Aigina and demanded that the images be restored, but the Aiginetans answered that they had nothing to do with the Athenians. While they were attempting to drag them off, they were overtaken both by a thunderstorm and an earthquake. (Herod. Bona Dea is a Roman goddess, ... Cybele, or Ceres, or a Latin form of the Greek goddess Damia - Demeter. The Epidaurians then asked in addition whether they should make the images of bronze or of stone, and the priestess bade them do neither, but make them of the wood of the cultivated olive. Damia is a goddess who brings back the fertility of the soil and the earth, generally in combination with Auxo.

AUXE′SIA (Auxêsia), the goddess who grants growth and prosperity to the fields, a surname of Persephone. Hekate's Many Names Part 2 Hekate's Many Names Part 3 Hekate's Many Names BibliographyIcons and Images of Hekate Hekate's AnimalsHekate as the Triple GoddessHekate's Epithets Master ListObscure GodsEpithets for Nyx (WIP), Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor. Her name is derived from the Greek words da, dê, gê, "earth", and maia "nursing mother". Furthermore, nothing else Attic should be brought to the temple, not even pottery, and from that time on only drinking vessels made in the country should be used. Taygete. Indeed it is said that at that time there were no olives anywhere save at Athens." 82. The Epidaurians agreed to this condition, and their request was granted. of two teams of ten women each dedicated to one of the pair. 2 : Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 183 (trans.

know. During the tumult, the two maidens were stoned to death, whereupon the Troezenians paid divine honours to them, and instituted the festival of t… The goddess herself was also known as Damia and her priestess as damiatrix. Ten men were appointed providers of a chorus for each of the deities, and the choruses aimed their raillery not at any men but at the women of the country. She is considered one of the Horae. Argolis (specifcally the Argives) descirbed the two as Cretan maidens, probably priestesses, who may have been elevated to divinity following their martyrdom at the hands of local peasants. 4 : Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.

AUXESIA was the goddess Hora (Season) or Kharis (Grace) of spring growth.

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], Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. Then the Athenians sent an angry message to the Epidaurians who pleaded in turn that they were doing no wrong. § 11, Aeginet. § 3.) So the men of Epidauros (Epidaurus) asked the Athenians to permit them to cut down some olive trees, supposing the olives there to be the holiest. Religion and Mother Right: Selected Writings of J.J. Bachofen,  Princeton, 1992. 1 ff (trans. 35. Auxesia was also a title of Persephone as the goddess spring growth, just as Damia was her mother Demeter as the goddess of the fertile earth. When they asked what the statues should be made of the priestess told them to make it out of olive wood. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :

Herodotus tells us that the Oracle of Delphi encouraged icons of Damia Auxesia was worshipped at Epidaurus and Laconia, along with When these images were stolen, the Epidaurians ceased from fulfilling their agreement with the Athenians. The Argives, on the other hand, paired her with the goddess Damia (Of the Land), describing the two as Kretan maidens--probably priestesses--who were elevated to divinity following their martyrdom at the hands of local peasants.

This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Now at this time, as before it, the Aiginetans were in all matters still subject to the Epidaurians and even crossed to Epidauros for the hearing of their own private lawsuits. : From this time, however, they began to build ships, and stubbornly revolted from the Epidaurians. She was associated with chastity and fertility in Roman women, healing, and the protection of the state and people of Rome. Damia was also a title of Demeter as the goddess of the fertile earth and Auxesia was a title of her daughter Persephone as the goddess of spring growth. Damia is one of the many personalities of Artemis, and is the goddess of wolves. The Epidaurians too had the same rites, and they have certain secret rites as well. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) : Suidas s.v. Many believe that Damia is He also speculated that Auxesia is a Bright Goddess, Hymn. Azesia (trans. of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religious Role, and Social The Athenians report that after making this demand, they despatched one trireme with certain of their citizens who, coming in the name of the whole people to Aigina, attempted to tear the images, as being made of Attic wood, from their bases so that they might carry them away. Lauren O'Meara with Mica, Grace, Jane, Tahmina, |Degmo, Berth occupancy was 65% at the port on Tuesday where a total seven ships namely MSC Luisa, MSC. [N.B. Terpsichore. # not a hard line between the different forces in the cosmos. : Jobes, 409], In the mishap at 4.50am, the 12 injured victims included the couple's three children Mohamad Faris Faisal Che Azmi, 15, Mohamad Afiz Zulhilmi Che Azmi, 23 and Nur, He spent most of his time in the treatment room with long-term absentees Rhys Williams and. competition. The u/Goddess_Damia community on Reddit.

1 ff (trans. When they could not obtain possession of them in this manner, they tied cords around the images with which they could be dragged. [2]. ", Pausanias, Description of Greece 9. 32. The dedication day of her temple on the Aventine was celebrated May 1. 2 (trans. Heroine Cults, Univ. All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only.

Damia represents subdual.

[The third] Karpo (Carpo, Fruit) is the name, not of a Kharis (Charis, Grace), but of a Hora.

Afterwards, the Troezenians paid divine honours to them, and instituted the festival of the Lithobolia (Greek: Λιθοβολια, meaning "Stoning"). The people of Athens agreed to give the trees, so long as they paid yearl tribute to Athena and Erechtheus (a king of Athens in Greek mythology). And a proverb : Amaia looked for Azesia. Under the ii. Here Damia and Auxesia, named Amaia and Azesia, are equated with the goddesses Demeter and Persephone.]. These names are almost certainly Greek, and it is highly probable that the Greek cult of Damia was grafted onto the original cult of the Roman goddess Bona Dea. Agreeing to the demand, the Epidaurians were able to make the wooden statues. AUXO (Auxô). 2 : 10. Damia (Greek: Δαμια, meaning "Earth-Mother" or "Of the Land"), was a minor Greek goddess of the fertile earth. Azesia (trans. When the Epidaurians, in consequence of this, ceased to perform the sacrifices at Athens, and the Athenians heard of the statues being carried to Aegina, they demanded their surrender of the Aeginetans. "This was the beginning of the Aiginetans' (Aeginetans') long-standing debt of enmity against the Athenians. Herodotus, Histories 5. A general insurrection having arisen in the city, these too, they say, were stoned to death by the opposite party; and they hold a festival in their honor that they call Stoning.

In the course of this struggle, they did the Epidaurians much damage and stole their images of Damia and Auxesia. While they were attempting to drag them off, they were overtaken both by a thunderstorm and an earthquake. As for the Argives and Aiginetans, this was the reason of their passing a law in both their countries that brooch-pins should be made half as long as they used to be and that brooches should be the principal things offered by women in the shrines of these two goddesses. The Epidaurians then asked in addition whether they should make the images of bronze or of stone, and the priestess bade them do neither, but make them of the wood of the cultivated olive. This drove the trireme's crew to such utter madness that they began to slay each other as if they were enemies. ii. The Epidaurians therefore asked permission of the Athenians to cut down an Attic olive-tree. Auxesia’s name derives from the word for increase. 30. "The story of Auxesia and Damia, how the Epidaurians suffered from drought, how in obedience to an oracle they had these wooden images made of olive wood that they received from the Athenians, how the Epidaurians left off paying to the Athenians what they had agreed to pay, on the ground that the Aiginetans had the images, how the Athenians perished who crossed over to Aigina to fetch them--all this, as Herodotos has described it accurately and in detail, I have no intention of relating, because the story has been well told already; but I will add that I saw the images, and sacrificed to them in the same way as it is customary to sacrifice at Eleusis. much more than just daemones of Spring Growth, but might even be glosses for

32. "Of Damia and Auxesia, for the Troizenians (Troezenians), too, share in their worship, they do not give the same account as the Epidaurians and Aeginetans, but say that they were maidens [perhaps priestesses] who came from Krete (Crete). She was probably the same as the goddess Karpo (Carpo) (Fruiting) who was worshipped beside Auxo by the Athenians. The Argives worshipped her together with the goddess Auxesia (Spring Growth) and described them as a pair of Kretan (Cretan) maidens who received divine status after they were wrongfully stoned to death by peasants. The Epidaurians too had the same rites, and they have certain secret rites as well. The other Hora is worshipped together with Pandrosos (All-Dewy) by the Athenians, who call the goddess Thallo (New Shoots)." ‘For as long,’ they said, ‘as we had the images in our country, we fulfilled our agreement. J. G. Frazer, McMillan, 1913. 30. Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. The Aeginetans added to this legend, that the statues, while the Athenians were dragging them down, fell upon their knees, and that they remained in this attitude ever after. So the men of Epidauros (Epidaurus) asked the Athenians to permit them to cut down some olive trees, supposing the olives there to be the holiest.

and Damia of the Night. From this time, however, they began to build ships, and stubbornly revolted from the Epidaurians.

1. When the condition was complied with, the country of Epidaurus again bore fruit as before. With the statues stolen, the Epidaurians stopped paying tribute to Athens, who tried to steal the statues back from Aegina in order to return Damia and Auxo to Epidaurus (so that the tribute would be paid again). ], Pausanias, Description of Greece 2. Indeed it is said that at that time there were no olives anywhere save at Athens.The Athenians consented to give the trees, if the Epidaurians would pay yearly sacred dues to Athena, the city's goddess, and to Erekhtheus (Erechtheus). Herodotus, Histories 5. Choruses BIG MATCH GUIDE; MIDDLESBROUGH v CARDIFF CITY, …

He escaped conviction by bribery. She is considered one of the Horae.. Applied to those taking a long time in searches." (Paus. Wisconsin, 1995.