Eunostus

Eunostus

In Greek mythology, Eunostus[pronunciation?] 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.[citation needed]


Notes

  1. Eustathius on Homer, pp. 214, 1383
  2. Suda s. v. Nostos
  3. Suda s. v. Promylaia

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