Thelpusa

Thelphusa (Greek Θέλφουσα ) was an ancient city in Arcadia on the left bank of the river Ladon. Remains of the wall and the Agora are obtained near the present Thelphusa on the road from Psophis after Heraia.

The name derives was a nymph Thelphusa who was a daughter of the river god Ladon by Pausanias. The urban area bordered on Cleitor and Psophis. At the edge of which was a sanctuary of the Eleusinian Demeter and, further downstream, the sanctuary of Demeter Erinys at Onkeion.

In mythical times here the dominion of Onkios, the son of Apollo, said to have been, and here should have been the place where Demeter was raped in the form of a mare by her brother Poseidon in the form of a stallion. Therefore the wrath of the goddess and hence the name, Demeter Erinys, " wrathful Demeter ". Finally, however, lay down the wrath of the goddess who took a bath in the Ladon, to wash away their shame, earning her the nickname of Demeter Louisiana was, " bathing Demeter ". Accordingly, two statues of Demeter were in the sanctuary. Both were made of wood, face and hands, however, of Parian marble. The portrait of the angry Demeter wore in his right hand a torch and held with his left hand the mystical cista.

Also, would have at Onkeion also found sanctuaries of Apollo and Asclepius.

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• Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.25.1-11