Soteira
(
*Sw/teira), i. e. "the saving goddess" (Lat.
Sospita), occurs as a surname of several female divinities in Greece,
e. g. 1. of Artemis at Pegae in Megaris (
Paus. 1.40.2,
44.7). at Troezene (2.31. § I), at Boeae in Laconia (3.22.9), near Pellene (7.27.1); 2. of Persephone in Laconia (3.13.2), in Arcadia (8.31.1) ; 3. of Athena (Schol.
ad Plat. p. 90. ed. Ruhnken ;
Aristot. Rh. 3.18); and 4. of Eunomia (
Pind. O. 9.25.)
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