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Βενδίδα (EL)
Bendis (EN)

Η Βενδίδα ήταν χθόνια τοπική θεότητα της Θράκης. Όταν η λατρεία της επεκτάθηκε στην υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα ταυτίστηκε με την Εκάτη, την Περσεφόνη ή την Άρτεμη λόγω της ιδιότητάς της ως θεάς της φύσης, του κυνηγιού, αλλά και της σελήνης. Η αρχαιότερη σωζόμενη μαρτυρία για το όνομα της θεότητας εντοπίζεται στον Ιππώνακτα, όπου η Βενδίδα αναφέρεται μαζί με τη θρακική θεότητα Κυβέλη. Ο ποιητής Κρατίνος αποδίδει στη Βενδίδα το επίθετο δίλογχος , ενώ ο Αριστοφάνης την αναφέρει ως την «μεγάλη θεά». Από τη Θράκη ή και από τη Λήμνο η λατρεία της μεταφέρθηκε στην Αττική όπου και ιδρύθηκε ένα ιερό προς τιμή της Βενδίδας στον Πειραιά το 430/429 π.Χ. Οι Θράκες που μετοικούσαν στην Αθήνα γιόρταζαν τα Βενδίδεια στις 20 του μήνα Θαργηλιώνα (δηλ. στις αρχές Ιουνίου).  Ο Πλάτων περιγράφει αυτή τη θαυμαστή γιορτή λέγοντας ότι στην πομπή συμμετείχαν Θράκες, αλλά και ντόπιοι κάτοικοι, ενώ προσφέρονταν εκατόμβη αντίστοιχη με αυτή των μεγαλύτερων γιορτών της Αθήνας, των Παναθηναίων και των Διονυσίων. Μια επιγραφή που εντοπίστηκε στον Πειραιά υπογραμμίζει την αξία της Βενδίδας και των Βενδιδείων, αναφέροντας ότι τα Βενδίδεια γιορτάζονταν σύμφωνα με τα πατρώα έθιμα των Θρακών, αλλά και σύμφωνα με τους νόμους της πόλης της Αθήνας. (EL)
Bendis was a Thracian chthonic deity associated with nature, the hunt and the moon, and so when her cult spread to the rest of Greece she was associated with Hecate, Persephone and Artemis. The earliest surviving record of her name occurs in Hipponax, where Bendis is mentioned together with the Thracian goddess Cybele. The poet Cratinus calls her “two-fold” (δίλογχος), while Aristophanes refers to her as the “great goddess”. From Thrace, or possibly from Lemnos, her cult was carried to Attica and in 430/429 BC a sanctuary was created in her honor in Piraeus. Thracians dwelling in Athens celebrated the Bendideia on the 20th of the month of Thargelion (i.e. early June). Plato describes a wonderful festival, with a procession in which local people took part alongside the Thracians and the sacrifices offered rivalled those of the great Athenian festivals of Panathenaea and Dionysia. An inscription found in Piraeus signals the importance of Bendis and the Bendideia, for the festival, it says, was celebrated in accordance with both the ancestral customs of the Thracians and the laws of the city of Athens. (EN)


Αρχαίο θέατρο Φιλίππων
Αρχαία Άβδηρα
Ιερό στη Μάνταλ Παναγιά
Καβάλα


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Bendis Dilonchos
Bendis Dilonchos
Date
323 BC - 220 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Early Hellenistic Period
Item type
Coin
Creator
νομισματοκοπείο Βιθυνίας, βασιλιάς Νικομήδης Α΄, mint of Bithynia, king Nikomedes I
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Head of Artemis Bendis
Head of Artemis Bendis
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
3D Αrtefacts and Realia
Creator
Apulian workshop, Απουλικό εργαστήριο
Place
Taranto
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis
Artemis Bendis
Date
323 BC - 31 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Hellenistic Period
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Creator
Cypriot workshop, Κυπριακό εργαστήριο
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis and dog
Artemis Bendis and dog
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Figurine
Creator
Attic or Boeotian workshop, Αττικό ή Βοιωτικό εργαστήριο
Place
Tanágra
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis holding a bow between two deer
Artemis Bendis holding a bow between two deer
Item type
Relief
Place
Sofia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Athletes of torch race devote their victory to the goddess Bendis
Athletes of torch race devote their victory to the goddess Bendis
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Relief
Creator
Αττικό εργαστήριο, Attic workshop
Place
Piraeus
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis
Artemis Bendis
Date
323 BC - 31 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Hellenistic Period
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Creator
Cypriot workshop, κυπριακό εργαστήριο
Place
Pýla
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Alphabetical Collection of All Words s.v. Kybebe
Alphabetical Collection of All Words s.v. Kybebe
Item type
Dictionary
Creator
Ησύχιος o Αλεξανδρεύς
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Commentary on Plato's Republic 1.18.4-5 (De re publ. 353.4)
Commentary on Plato's Republic 1.18.4-5 (De re publ. 353.4)
Item type
Text
Creator
Πρόκλος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Geographica 10.3.18
Geographica 10.3.18
Item type
Text
Creator
Strabo, Στράβωνας
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Lexicon s.v. great goddess
Lexicon s.v. great goddess
Item type
Dictionary
Creator
Φώτιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Republic 1.327a-328a
Republic 1.327a-328a
Item type
Text
Creator
Πλάτωνας
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Alphabetical Collection of All Words s.v. dilonchos
Alphabetical Collection of All Words s.v. dilonchos
Item type
Dictionary
Creator
Ησύχιος o Αλεξανδρεύς
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Commentary on Plato's Republic 327a
Commentary on Plato's Republic 327a
Item type
Text
Creator
Πρόκλος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Icaromenippus 24
Icaromenippus 24
Item type
Text
Creator
Λουκιανός
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Ab Urbe Condita 38.40-41
Ab Urbe Condita 38.40-41
Item type
Text
Creator
Τίτος Λίβιος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
On Incredible Tales 31
On Incredible Tales 31
Item type
Text
Creator
Παλαίφατος
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Lexicon vocum Platonicarum s.v. Bendis
Lexicon vocum Platonicarum s.v. Bendis
Item type
Dictionary
Creator
Τίμαιος Σοφιστής
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
The Greco-Roman goddess Diana as the Thracian goddess Bendis
The Greco-Roman goddess Diana as the Thracian goddess Bendis
Date
31 BC - 324
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Roman Period
Item type
Relief
Place
Filippoi
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Bendis
Bendis
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Creator
Attic workshop, αττικό εργαστήριο
Place
Lávrio
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Bendis and Nymphs
Bendis and Nymphs
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Relief
Place
Parikia
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis-Bendis
Artemis-Bendis
Date
323 BC - 31 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Hellenistic Period
Item type
Archaeological object, Sculpture
Place
Amphipolis
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis and a deer
Artemis Bendis and a deer
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Figurine
Creator
Αττικό εργαστήριο, Attic workshop
Place
Corinth
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis with Apollo, Hermes and a young man
Artemis Bendis with Apollo, Hermes and a young man
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Ζωγράφος της Βενδίδος, Απουλικό εργαστήριο, Bendis Painter, Apulian workshop
Place
Bari
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Bendis Dilonchos
Bendis Dilonchos
Date
450 BC - 400 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Middle Classical Period
Item type
Vase
Creator
Attic workshop, αττικό εργαστήριο
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)
Artemis Bendis and Herm
Artemis Bendis and Herm
Date
400 BC - 323 BC
ekt:Proxy.dcterms:temporal.en
Late Classical Period
Item type
Figurine
Creator
Boeotian workshop (?), Βοιωτικό εργαστήριο (;)
Place
Madrid
Institution
Athena RC / Institute for Language and Speech Processing (ILSP)




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