Sosandra

Roman copy of a Greek bust, probably based on the Sosandra statue of Kalamis

Sosandra ( Greek  Σωσάνδρα ) is a presumed epithet of a Greek goddess .

The statue of Sosandra erected by Kalamis on the Acropolis is generally interpreted as an image of a god, which is why the name is regarded as an epithet. The statue is probably identical to the Aphrodite statue created by Kalamis , of which Pausanias reports. Sosandra is therefore a likely nickname for Aphrodite.

Deviating from this, the statue was also interpreted as Hera , Hestia and Demeter, or occasionally as the priestess of Athena Polias or Aglauros .

literature

• Otto Höfer : Sosandra . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 4, Leipzig 1915, Col. 1218 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Aphrodite Sosandra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pausanias 1, 23, 2.