Leukophryne
Leukophryne ( Greek Λευκοφρύνη ), also Leukophryene ( Λευκοφρυηνή ) or Leukophrys ( Λευκόφρυς ) is a local nickname ( Epiklese ) of Artemis , derived from the ancient city of Leukophrys in Phrygia , where she had a place of worship. Even more famous was the temple of Artemis Leukophryne in Magnesia on the Meander , which was built by the architect Hermogenes around 200 BC. Was built. The tomb of a priestess of Artemis named Leukophryne was also located in this temple.
A statue of Leukophryne was on the Acropolis of Athens . It had been donated by the sons of Themistocles because Themistocles was the Persian governor in Magnesia and was there in 459 BC. Had died.
literature
- Wilhelm Drexler : Leukophrys . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, Col. 2000-2010 ( digitized version ).
- Fritz Graf : Leukophryne. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 , column 108.
- Otto Kern : The founding history of Magnesia am Maiandros. A new certificate. Weidmann, Berlin 1894.
- Leonhard Schmitz : Leucophryne . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 2 : Ea'rinus, Fla'vius – Nyx . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 774 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).