MYCENAEAN DIVINITIES
| GOD | Alternative Name | Mycenaean Greek | Place Found |
|---|
| | | |
| ZEUS | Jupiter | DI-U-JA (month-name DIWIOIOS) | KNossos |
| HERA | Juno | E-RA | PYlos |
| POSEIDON | Neptune | PO-SE-DO-O and also the cult-title E-NE-SI-DA-O-NE ('Earth-shaker') | KN |
| ARES | Mars | . | KN |
| APOLLO | . | PA-JA-WO [= Paian ] | KN |
| HERMES | Mercury | Hermes Araios (Ram) | PY, KN |
| ATHENA | Minerva | A-TA-NA PO-TI-NI-JA (Potnia) | KN |
| DIONYSOS ! | Bacchus | DI-WO-NI-SO-JO | PY |
| EILEITHYEIA | . | E-RE-U-TI-JA | KN |
| ERINYES | Furies | . | KN |
| ANEMOI | The Winds | A-NE-MOI | PY |
| IPHIMEDEIA | Iphigeneia ? | (Homeric person) | KN |
| DAEDALUS | . | (a place called "Daidaleion") | KN |
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and many other lesser local divine names, esp. Potnia
Michael Ventris & John Chadwick,
Documents in Mycenaean Greek second ed. (Cambridge 1973), Document #172 (from Pylos), page 463:
[front]
`In the month of PLOWISTOS. Pylos sacrifice sat PA-KI-JA-NA and brings gifts and leads victims:
- For the Mistress (Potnia): one gold cup, one woman
- For Mnasa: one gold bowl, one woman
- For Posidaeia [Poseidon'swife]: one gold bowl, one woman
- For the Thrice-Hero: one gold cup
- For the Lord of the House: one gold cup
[back]
Pylos brings sacrifices at the Shrine of Poseidon, and the City leads and brings gifts, and leads victims:
For Gwoia (and) Komawenteia: one gold cup, two women
Pylos sacrifices at the shrines of PERSE and IPHIMEDEIA and DIWIA [Mrs.Zeus] and brings gifts and leads victims:
- For PERSE: one gold bowl, one woman
- For IPHIMEDEIA: one gold bowl
- For DIWIA: one gold bowl, one woman
- For HERMES AREIA: one gold cup, one man
Pylos sacrifices at the Shrine of Zeus and brings gifts and leads victims:
- For ZEUS: one gold bowl, one man
- For HERA: one gold bowl, one woman
- For DRIMIOS, son of Zeus: one gold bowl
Pylos [.... (the tablet breaks off) .....]
TOTAL: 4 cups, 8 bowls, 2 men, 8 women
