The wife of the early
Greek Sun God,
Sabazius,
Bendis was a Moon Goddesses worshipped for
fertility and the hunt. She was made popular in
Attica by the
Thracians and a cult sprang up around her in
430 BC.
Bendideia was a festival held for her in Athens by her followers, which involved torch races and orgiastic rites. Plato later included her in his writings.
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