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In [[Greek mythology]], ”’Astrabacus”’ ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀστραβάκου) is a Spartan, the son of [[Irbus]] (son of [[Amphisthenes]], son of [[Amphicles]], son of [[Agis I]]). He and his brother Alopecus found a wooden image of the goddess [[Artemis Orthia]] under a bush of willows; it was surrounded in such a way that it stood upright. Astrabacus had a hero-shrine in [[Sparta]]<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias3B.html Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.16.6, 3.16.9]</ref> |
In [[Greek mythology]], ”’Astrabacus”’ ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀστραβάκου) is a Spartan, the son of [[Irbus]] (son of [[Amphisthenes]], son of [[Amphicles]], son of [[Agis I]]). He and his brother Alopecus found a wooden image of the goddess [[Artemis Orthia]] under a bush of willows; it was surrounded in such a way that it stood upright. Astrabacus had a hero-shrine in [[Sparta]]<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias3B.html Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.16.6, 3.16.9]</ref> |
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Character in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Astrabacus (Ancient Greek: Ἀστραβάκου) is a Spartan, the son of Irbus (son of Amphisthenes, son of Amphicles, son of Agis I). He and his brother Alopecus found a wooden image of the goddess Artemis Orthia under a bush of willows; it was surrounded in such a way that it stood upright. Astrabacus had a hero-shrine in Sparta[1]
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- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
