Saisara
Saisara ( Greek Σαισάρα ), daughter of Keleos , is a figure in Greek mythology .
In the tradition of the Skambonids - a people in western Attica - she was the wife of the ruler Krokon and, as his father's sister, also Krokon's aunt.
Their name is related to the old name for Eleusis , Saisaria (Σαισαρία). Since sairein (σαίρειν) can mean both “turn” and “grin”, the views of scholars differ as to which part of the cult activities the naming refers to.
literature
- Otto Höfer : Saisara . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 4, Leipzig 1915, Col. 276 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Scherling : Krokon 3. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen antiquity science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, Sp. 1971.
- ^ Wilhelm Gemoll : Greek-German school and hand dictionary . G. Freytag / Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Munich / Vienna 1965, p. 668.