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Labraunda (Ancient Greek: Λάβρανδα Labranda or Λάβραυνδα Labraunda) is an ancient archaeological site five kilometers west of Ortaköy, Muğla Province, Turkey, in the mountains near the coast of Caria. In ancient times, it was held sacred by Carians and Mysians alike.
A clear point of tension demanding mediation by Olympichos was the Mylasan claim of ownership over the sanctuary at Labraunda, which the priesthood of Zeus Labraundos contested. At thise time, the priest of Labraunda was a man named Korris (Κόρρις), who wrote to Seleucus in c. 242/1 BCE to retain the historical independence of Labraunda.
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Asbamaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀσβαμαῖος) was an epithet of the Greek god Zeus, in his persona as the protector of the sanctity of oaths. The name was derived from a well, Asbamaeon, near Tyana, in Cappadocia, and indeed the cult of Asbamaeus was central to the identity of Tyana. There was said to be a great temple to Asbamaeon in the ...
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The labrys, or pelekys, is the double axe Zeus uses to invoke storm and, the relatively modern Greek word for lightning is "star-axe" (ἀστροπελέκι astropeleki) [19] The worship of the double axe was kept up in the Greek island of Tenedos and in several cities in the south-west of Asia Minor, and it appears in later historical times ...
Templo de Zeus Olímpico (Olimpia) Usage on eu.wikipedia.org Zeus olinpikoaren tenplua (Olinpia) Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Zeuksen temppeli (Olympia) Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Temple de Zeus à Olympie; Usage on it.wikipedia.org Tempio di Zeus (Olimpia) Usage on ka.wikipedia.org ზევსის ტაძარი ოლიმპიაში
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