Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Artemis at Brauron: Iphigenia and the Attic Cult
  Local and lesser — Attic cult aetiology / Artemis Brauronia · Euripidean / Pausanian — Iphigenia brings the Tauric image to Brauron (or Halai)
• Artemis Orthia at Sparta (Pausanias)
  Local and lesser — Spartan cult / Orthia aetiology · Pausanian / classical — wooden image from Astarte-land; madness; scourging altar

Characters in shared stories

• Artemis Brauronia
• Artemis Orthia
• Astrabacus and Alopechus
• Attic girls
• Epeius
• Limnae, Cynosura, Mesoa, Pitane
• Lycus
• Orestes and Iphigenia
• Priam’s daughter
• Priestess of Orthia
• Spartan youths
• Thyestes