Galaxy/The codex of Coresus

In Greek mythology, Coresus (Ancient Greek Κόρησος) is an autochthon who, with Ephesus son of the river Cayster, founded the sanctuary of Artemis at Ephesus. Pausanias corrects Pindar's Amazon foundation claim and credits this aboriginal pair instead.

Adapted from Wikipedia, "Coresus" · CC BY-SA 4.0

I.Founder of the Ephesian shrine

Pausanias (7.2.7) rejects Pindar's story that Amazons founded the temple during their campaign against Athens. The sanctuary, he says, was founded by Coresus an aboriginal and Ephesus, from whom the city took its name; Amazon women from the Thermodon knew and sacrificed at the shrine from of old, but did not establish it.

The atlas node is this Ephesian founder.

II.Homonym care

Wikipedia's Coresus page also tells the Calydonian priest of Dionysus who loved Callirhoë and slew himself at the altar rather than sacrifice her — a separate famous tale. The atlas id coresus-ephesus is the Ephesian autochthon alone.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameKorēsos (Κόρησος)
Typemortal
Domainsaboriginal founder · Artemis' sanctuary at Ephesus
SymbolsEphesian Artemis sanctuary · Aboriginal founder · With Ephesus son of Cayster
Cult centersEphesus (Artemis)
EtymologyAncient Greek Κόρησος (Kórēsos); the Ephesian hill and quarter Coressus preserve related place-names.
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