Get to know Despoina better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like persephone or kore.
Despoina in a sentence
Despoina meaning
the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon
Synonyms of Despoina
Using Despoina
- The main meaning on this page is: the daughter of Demeter and Poseidon
- Useful related words include: persephone, kore, cora, greek deity.
- In the example corpus, despoina often appears in combinations such as: despoina the.
Context around Despoina
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Despoina
- In this selection, "despoina" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, title and divinity stand out and add context to how "despoina" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chthonic divinity despoina the mistress and the title despoina the mistress. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "despoina" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with despoina
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her common name as a vegetation goddess is Kore and in Arcadia she was worshipped under the title Despoina "the mistress", a very old chthonic divinity. (26 words)
This tradition comes from her conflation with the very old chthonic divinity Despoina (the mistress), whose real name could not be revealed to anyone except those initiated to her mysteries. (30 words)
Detail from the marble veil of Despoina at Lycosura It seems that the Greek deities began their career as powers of nature, but then they were given other functions and attributes by their worshippers. (34 words)
Detail from the marble veil of Despoina at Lycosura It seems that the Greek deities began their career as powers of nature, but then they were given other functions and attributes by their worshippers. (34 words)
This tradition comes from her conflation with the very old chthonic divinity Despoina (the mistress), whose real name could not be revealed to anyone except those initiated to her mysteries. (30 words)
Her common name as a vegetation goddess is Kore and in Arcadia she was worshipped under the title Despoina "the mistress", a very old chthonic divinity. (26 words)
Example sentences (3)
Detail from the marble veil of Despoina at Lycosura It seems that the Greek deities began their career as powers of nature, but then they were given other functions and attributes by their worshippers.
Her common name as a vegetation goddess is Kore and in Arcadia she was worshipped under the title Despoina "the mistress", a very old chthonic divinity.
This tradition comes from her conflation with the very old chthonic divinity Despoina (the mistress), whose real name could not be revealed to anyone except those initiated to her mysteries.
Common combinations with despoina
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: