According to Plato and Pausanias, this was the only region of Greece that practiced human sacrifice, specifically at a temple of Zeus in the mountains.
According to Plato and Pausanias, this was the only region of Greece that practiced human sacrifice, specifically at a temple of Zeus in the mountains. This region uniquely worshiped Demeter's daughter Despoina, whose mysteries were at Lycosura. This region's name derives from a son of Zeus and Callisto hidden here when Hera made Callisto a bear. A king of this region murdered his son Nyctimus and became the first (*) werewolf. In the Metamorphoses, Zeus decides to flood the world because this region's king, Lycaon, serves him human flesh. Its most famous resident made a set of pipes out of the transformed nymph Syrinx. For 10 points, name this mountainous region of the Peloponnese home to Pan, a creepily violent place usually depicted as a pastoral utopia.
According to Plato and Pausanias, this was the only region of Greece that practiced human sacrifice, specifically at a temple of Zeus in the mountains.
Arcadia