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Leokorion

the Leokorion

also: Leonaticum, Leokorion

A shrine at Athens dedicated to the daughters of Leos, sacrificed for the city's safety. Cotta cites it (with Erechtheus's cult) as a case of mortals consecrated for civic virtue.

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On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 1 mention

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