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Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) 6 0 Browse Search
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Apollodorus, Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer), book E (search)
IT 89-91; Eur. IT 1212-1214. But according to Euripides the image was not to remain in Athens but to be carried to a sacred place in Attica called Halae, where it was to be set up in a temple specially built for it and to be called the image of Artemis Tauropolus or Brauronian Artemis （Eur. IT 1446-1467）. Atury of our era （Paus. 3.16.8; Paus. 8.46.3）. Euripides has recorded, in the form of prophecy, two interesting features in the ritual of Artemis at Halae or Brauron. In sacrificing to the goddess the priest drew blood with a sword from the throat of a man, and this was regarded as a substitute for the sacrifs of women dying in child-bed used to be dedicated to Iphigenia, who was believed to be buried at Brauron. See Eur. IT 1458-1467. As to Brauron and Halae, see Paus. 1.33.1 with Frazer's note （vol. ii. pp. 445ff.）. But other places besides Brauron claimed to possess the ancient idol of t
Demosthenes, Against Conon, section 31 (search)
and writes at the head of it as witnesses the names of people whom I think you will know well when you hear them— “Diotimus, son of Diotimus, of Icaria,Icaria, a deme of the tribe Aegeïs. Archebiades, son of Demoteles, of Halae,There were two demes of this name, one on the east coast of Attica and the other on the Saronic Gulf. The former belonged to the tribe Aegeis, the latter to the tribe Cecropis. Chaeretimus, son of Chaerimenes, of Pithus,Pithus, a deme of the tribe Cecropis. depose that they were returning from a dinner with Conon, and came upon Ariston and the son of Conon fighting in the agora, and that Conon did not strike Arist
Demosthenes, Against Eubulides, section 38 (search)
To Amytheon's sister, who married Diodorus of Halae,For the two demes of this name see note a on p. 336 of vol. ii. was born a son Ctesibius, and he was killed in AbydusA town on Hellespont. The date of this campaign was 388 B.C. while serving in the campaign with Thrasybulus. Of these relatives there is living Damostratus, son of Amytheon and nephew of my mother. The sister of my grandmother Chaerestratê was married to Apollodorus of Plotheia.Plotheia, a deme of the tribe Aegeïs. They had a son Olympichus, and Olympichus a son Apollodorus, who is still living.Call these people, please. Witnesses
Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (ed. Robert Potter), line 1435 (search)
esent miseries. Thoas, I am speaking to you: you expect to take Orestes in the sea-swell and kill him; but Poseidon, for my sake, now lets him sail over the back of the waveless sea. And you, Orestes, attend to my commands, for you hear the goddess' voice even though not present: go away with the statue and your sister; and when you come to Athens, built by the gods, there is a place on the farthest borders of the Attic land, neighbor to the ridge of Carystia, sacred, and my people call it Halae. There build a temple and set up the image in it; it will have its name from the Tauric land and from your labors, which you have endured, wandering through Hellas and goaded by the Furies. And mortals will in future times celebrate Artemis Tauropolos with hymns. And establish this law: whenever the people keep the festival, let a sword be held to a man's throat and draw out blood, in atonement for your sacrifice, so that the goddess may have her honors, and holiness is revered. You, Iphig