suggested that these deities were the same as the Gennaïdes worshipped by the Phocaeans in Ionia.

The cult was particularly important to women. The playwright Aristophanes mentions the cult in The Clouds, where it is humorously referred to as a "foreign" religion, possibly hinting at an Eastern influence, such as the cult of Astarte.

History

Battle of Salamis

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