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|Definition=ἡ, acc. Βριτόμαρτιν SIG527.29 (Dreros, iii B. C.; where B. is distinguished from Artemis), name of [[Artemis]] in [[Crete]], = [[virgo]] [[dulcis]], acc. to Solin. 11.8 (but a [[nymph]] in Call.Dian.190): gen. Βριτομάρτεως, Str.10.4.14; Βριτομάρτιδος, EM214.23:—hence [[Βριτομάρτια]], τά, [[festival]] at [[Delos]], IG11 (2).145.34. (Derived from [[βρίτον]], = [[ἀγαθός|ἀγαθόν]], acc. to EM214.29.) | |Definition=ἡ, [[Britomartis]], acc. Βριτόμαρτιν SIG527.29 (Dreros, iii B. C.; where B. is distinguished from Artemis), name of [[Artemis]] in [[Crete]], = [[virgo]] [[dulcis]], acc. to Solin. 11.8 (but a [[nymph]] in Call.Dian.190): gen. Βριτομάρτεως, Str.10.4.14; Βριτομάρτιδος, EM214.23:—hence [[Βριτομάρτια]], τά, [[festival]] at [[Delos]], IG11 (2).145.34. (Derived from [[βρίτον]], = [[ἀγαθός|ἀγαθόν]], acc. to EM214.29.) | ||
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|etymtx=Meaning: Surname of Artemis on Crete (inscr., Str.), also a goddess or nymphe on Crete, Dreros (Call. Dian. 190).<br />Other forms: Also [[Βριτόμαρπις]], <b class="b3">-μάρπεια</b> (Crete).<br />Derivatives: [[Βριτομάρτια]] n. pl. feast on Delos (inscr.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Acc. to Marinatos [[Ἀρχ]]. [[Δελτ]]. 9, 79ff. to [[Μάρπησσα]], name of a divinity in Aetolia. Wahrmann, Glotta 19, 170 thinks <b class="b3">-μαρπις</b> is the original form (but that [[Βριτόμαρτις]] is due to dissimilation is improbable); thus Guarducci, Inscr. Cr. 1, 35. Also [[Βρυτόμαρτις]] (Wahrmann l.c.). - Acc. to Solin. 11, 8 = [[dulcis virgo]], which seems confirmed by the gloss. Latte thinks that the gloss may have been invented secondarily to explain the name, but R. A. Brown, Pre-Greek Speech on Crete, 1985, 41 rightly objects that the <b class="b3">υ-</b>stem is not accounted for in this way. IE etymologies are useless. For [[π]]\/[[τ]] Fur. 166 compares [[Πανοπεύς]] \/ [[Φανοτεύς]] see also his p. 389; a variation [[ι]]\/[[υ]] is known from Pre-Greek. | |etymtx=Meaning: Surname of Artemis on Crete (inscr., Str.), also a goddess or nymphe on Crete, Dreros (Call. Dian. 190).<br />Other forms: Also [[Βριτόμαρπις]], <b class="b3">-μάρπεια</b> (Crete).<br />Derivatives: [[Βριτομάρτια]] n. pl. feast on Delos (inscr.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Acc. to Marinatos [[Ἀρχ]]. [[Δελτ]]. 9, 79ff. to [[Μάρπησσα]], name of a divinity in Aetolia. Wahrmann, Glotta 19, 170 thinks <b class="b3">-μαρπις</b> is the original form (but that [[Βριτόμαρτις]] is due to dissimilation is improbable); thus Guarducci, Inscr. Cr. 1, 35. Also [[Βρυτόμαρτις]] (Wahrmann l.c.). - Acc. to Solin. 11, 8 = [[dulcis virgo]], which seems confirmed by the gloss. Latte thinks that the gloss may have been invented secondarily to explain the name, but R. A. Brown, Pre-Greek Speech on Crete, 1985, 41 rightly objects that the <b class="b3">υ-</b>stem is not accounted for in this way. IE etymologies are useless. For [[π]]\/[[τ]] Fur. 166 compares [[Πανοπεύς]] \/ [[Φανοτεύς]] see also his p. 389; a variation [[ι]]\/[[υ]] is known from Pre-Greek. | ||
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==Wikipedia EL== | |||
Η Βριτόμαρτις ή Βριτάμαρπις ήταν θεότητα της ελληνικής μυθολογίας, προστάτιδα των ψαράδων, που λατρευόταν στην Κρήτη. | |||
Η Βριτόμαρτις ήταν μια νέα και όμορφη κοπέλα από την αρχαία Γόρτυνα, κατά μία εκδοχή ήταν κόρη του Δία και της Κάρμης από την αρχαία πόλη Τάρρα. Πέφτοντας κάποια μέρα στη θάλασσα, σώθηκε από τα δίχτυα ψαράδων. Όταν πέθανε, θεοποιήθηκε και προστάτευε τους ψαράδες. Μια άλλη εκδοχή του μύθου λέει ότι ήταν νύμφη της Αρτέμιδας, καθώς μια μέρα κυνηγούσε την είδε ο Μίνωας και την ερωτεύτηκε. Επί 9 μήνες την κυνηγούσε, αλλά αυτή κρυβόταν και, στο τέλος, η Βριτομάρτις, για να γλιτώσει, έπεσε στη θάλασσα από το βουνό Δίκτη. Ψαράδες που βρίσκονταν εκεί την έσωσαν και από τότε τους προστάτευε. Από τότε ονομαζόταν και Δίκταιννα ή Δίκτυννα, από το όρος από το οποίο έπεσε στη θάλασσα. Στην Κρήτη υπήρχαν πολλά ιερά της, τα Δύκταιννα όπως λέγονταν. | |||
==Wikipedia EN== | |||
Britomartis (Greek: Βριτόμαρτις) was a Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes believed to be an oread, or a mountain nymph, but she was often conflated or syncretized with Artemis and Aphaea, the "invisible" patroness of Aegina. She is also known as Diktynna (Δίκτυννα; derived by Hellenistic writers as from δίκτυα [diktya], "hunting nets"). | |||
Many writers have related her to the presumed mother goddess of much earlier Minoan religion; however, there is no evidence from archaeology for this. | |||
In the 16th century, the naming of a character identified with English military prowess as "Britomart" in Edmund Spenser's knightly epic The Faerie Queene (probably just because "Brit" seemed to fit well with "Britain", with "mart" from Mars, the god of war) led to a number of appearances by "Britomart" figures in British art and literature. | |||
