Ersa

Ersa (Greek Ἔρσα ) was in Greek mythology the goddess of the rope. She was like her two sisters Pandia and Nemea, a daughter of Zeus and Selene.

The goddess Ersa is mentioned in ancient literature only by Plutarch in his moral writings in three places. There he quotes the Greek poet Alcman (7th century BC), whose work largely lost and is mostly known only fragmentary quotations from other writers.

ἕρσα ( ersa ) and ἕρση ( herse ) both mean " dew ". However, it is " not sure if they can [ Ersa ] with Herse, the daughter of Cecrops and Aglauros, equate, even though their [ Herses ] Sister Pandrosos [" Allbetauende " ] bears a name which also puts them in connection with dew. "

Iconography

Ersa seems to be art-historically an almost blank slate, except the Artemis - Selene -relief described below, classicist are not works of art with a representation of Ersa known.

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