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Athena Alea

Boeotian proxeny stele depicting Athena Alea with the Dioskouroi above a warship, with the infant Herakles strangling snakes in the pediment (369–363 BCE

Alea (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέα) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea.[1][2] Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with Athena.[3] A statue of Athena Alea existed on the road from Sparta to Therapne.[4] Her most important sanctuary was the famous Temple of Athena Alea at Tegea.

  1. ^ McInerney, J. (2013), 55.
  2. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.28.1, 9.3, 2.17.7. 23. § 1, 9. § 3, ii. 17. § 7
  3. ^ Jost, M. (2006).
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3.19.3, 7
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