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Gynaecothoenas logo #10101) Epithet of Ares
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Gynaecothoenas

Gynaecothoenas logo #21000 Gynaecothoenas, `the god feasted by women`, was an epithet of the Ancient Greek god Ares at Tegea. In a war of the Tegeatans against the Lacedaemonian king Charillus, the women of Tegea made an attack upon the enemy from an ambuscade. This decided the victory. The women therefore celebrated the victory alone, and excluded the men from the sacrif.....
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