Anytos (educator of Despoina)

Head of Anytos from the sanctuary in Lykosura

Anytos ( Greek  Ἀνυτος ) was in Greek mythology the tutor of Despoina , the daughter of Demeter .

According to Pausanias , he was one of the titans . Anytos was honored with a statue in the temple dedicated to Despoina near the Arcadian hill Akakesion in Lykosura , which stood there in the group of statues of Damophon . The original of this statue is now in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens , casts are in the Museum of Lykosura.

Since Persephone, corresponding in many respects to Despoina , was brought up by Curetes and Pausanias also mentions Curetes at the relevant point, and Anytos standing next to Despoina is shown as a man in armor in the shrine of Demeter and Despoina near Lykosura, which is iconographically more of a Curet it was assumed that Anytos was one of the curetes.

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• Pausanias, description of Greece 8,37,5.

literature

• Konrad Wernicke : Anytos 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2655.

Web links

• Anytos in the Theoi Project (English)