Eunostus

This article is about the goddess. For the hero, see Eunostus (hero). For the genus of beetle, see Eunostus (genus).

In Greek mythology, Eunostus or Eunostos was a goddess whose image was set up in mills, and who was believed to keep watch over the just weight of flour.[1][2][3]

Promylaia ("the one that stands before/protects the mill") was another name for a goddess of the mills, who was worshipped in the same fashion as Eunostus.[4] Both Eunostus and Promylaia could actually have been mere epithets of Demeter.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Hesychius of Alexandria s. v.
  2. ↑ Eustathius on Homer, pp. 214, 1383
  3. ↑ Suda s. v. Nostos
  4. ↑ Suda s. v. Promylaia
  5. ↑ Theoi Project - Eunostos

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 


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