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Despoena

(Δέσποινα), the ruling goddess or the mistress, occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Aphrodite (Theocrit. 15.100), Demeter (Aristoph. Thes. 286), and Persephone. (Paus. 8.37.6; comp. PERSEPHONE.)

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