The'smia
or THESMO'PHOROS (
Θεσμία,
Θεσμοφόρος), that is, " the law-giver," a surname of Demeter and Persephone, in honour of whom the Thesmophoria were celebrated at Athens in the month of Pyanepsion (
Hdt. 2.171,
6.16 ; Aristoph.
Thesm. 303), and to whom sanctuaries were also erected at Megara, Troezene, Pheneos, and other places. (
Paus. 1.42.7,
2.32.7,
8.15.1,
9.16.3,
10.33, in fin.)
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