Σάββατο 9 Φεβρουαρίου 2008

Tanagra

TANAGRA was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Tanagra in Boiotia (central Greece).
She was a daughter of the local river-god Asopos who was loved by the gods Hermes and Ares.

TANAGRA (Tanagra), a daughter of Aeolus or Asopus, and wife of Poemander, is said to have given the name to the town of Tanagra in Boeotia. (Paus. ix. 20. § 2; Strab. ix. p. 403.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


"Of these nine daughters [of Asopos] ... Tanagra, [eponym of a cult centre of Hermes], was seized by Hermes."
- Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Frag 654
"For your [Tanagra's] sake Hermes boxed against Ares."
- Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Frag 666
"It is said that Pomandros married Tanagra daughter of Aiolos. But in a poem of Korinna she is said to be a daughter of Asopos. There is a story that, as she reached extreme old age, her neighbours ceased to call her by this name, and gave the name Graia (Old Woman), first to the woman herself and then to the city."
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece 9.20.1
"Asopos made his home in Phlios [Sikyonia], where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos and Ismenos, and twelve daughters, Korkyra and Salamis, also Aigina, Peirene, and Kleone, then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis."
- Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.72.1

Sources:
Greek Lyric IV Corinna, Fragments - Greek Lyric C5th BC
Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC

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1 σχόλιο:

agios thomas είπε...

Αγαπή Τανάγρα χαιρόμαστε ιδιαίτερα με την πρόοδο που κάνετε, αλλά και με τα σημαντικά στοιχεία που συγκεντρώνετε και μας παραθέτετε.
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