Goddess who was worshipped at various cult sites in and around Sparta, especially in the Menelaion in Therapne (Hdt. 6,61; Paus. 3,15,3; Hsch. s.v. Ἑλένεια, [1]). In Rhodes she had a cult as H. Dendritis (Paus. 3,19,10), in Cenchreae and Chios she is a…
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Harder, Ruth Elisabeth (Zürich),
Bleckmann, Bruno (Strasbourg),
Hoesch, Nicola (Munich) and
Lohmann, Hans (Bochum),
“Helena”, in:
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