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Thespiades
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(Θεσπιάδες/Thespiádes).

[German version]

[1] Epithet of the Muses from the town of Thespiae

Epithet of the Muses after the town of Thespiae (Thespia) on the Helicon [1] (Varro Ling. 7,20; Ov. Met. 5,310; Fulg. Mythologiae 1,11, p. 7,5-8 Helm). T. statues are mentioned by several artists (Cic. Verr. 2,4,2,4; Plin. HN 34,66; 34,69; 36,33; 36,39).

Antoni, Silke (Kiel)

Bibliography

1 P. Müller, s. v. T., LIMC 8.1, 1 (with bibliogr.)

[German version]

[2] The fifty daughters…

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Antoni, Silke (Kiel), “Thespiades”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 23 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1210860>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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