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Dictynna

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[dik-tin-uh] / dɪkˈtɪn ə /

noun

  1. an ancient Cretan goddess of the sea.


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Inscriptions found by the recent excavations seem to prove that it must be identified as the shrine of the local goddess Aphaea, identified by Pausanias with Britomartis and Dictynna.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

It is noteworthy that whereas, in Greece proper, Zeus attains a supreme position, the old superiority of the Mother Goddess is still visible in the Cretan traditions of Rhea and Dictynna and the infant Zeus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various