Hera Ammonia

Ammonia(Greek:Ἀμμωνία) was an epithet of theGreek goddessHera,under which she was worshiped inElis.The inhabitants of that city had from the earliest times been in the habit of consulting theoracle of Zeus-Ammon(the aspect of the god the Greeks identified with the EgyptianAmun) inLibya.

References

• Pausanias,Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes,Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1918.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Schmitz, Leonhard(1870)."Ammonia".InSmith, William(ed.).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.Vol. 1. p. 145.