Editing Britomartis (section)

== As Diktynna ==
A ''[[xoanon]]'', a wooden cult statue, of Britomartis, allegedly carved by [[Daedalus]], sat in the temple of [[Olous]]. In [[Chersonesos Taurica|Chersonesos]] and [[Olous]], she was often portrayed on coins and celebrated during the festival Britomarpeia, showing that she was worshipped in those cities. As Diktynna, her face was pictured on [[Crete|Cretan]] coins of [[Kydonia]], [[Polyrrhenia]] and [[Phalasarna]] as the nurse of Zeus. On some early Britomartis coins produced in Kydonia, the coin was manufactured as an [[overstrike]] of specimens manufactured by [[Aegina]].<ref name="Hogan">[http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10881/cydonia.html#fieldnotes C. Michael Hogan, ''Cydonia'', The Modern Antiquarian, Jan. 23, 2008]</ref>

Temples dedicated to her existed in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], [[Sparta]], [[Marseille|Massalia]] and between Ambrosus and [[Anticyra]] in Phocis,<ref>''RE'', s.v. "Diktynna", col. 584-588.</ref> where, as Artemis Diktynna, her cult object was a black stone worked by [[Aegina|Aeginetans]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:10.36.5 10.36.5], saw on the high ground between the two cities "a sanctuary of Artemis surnamed Dictynnaean, a goddess worshipped with great reverence by citizens. The image is of Aeginetan workmanship, and made of a black stone."</ref> One temple dedicated to the goddess was located on [[Mount Tityros]] near Cydonia.<ref name="Hogan" /> Her temples were said to be guarded by vicious dogs stronger than bears.<ref>Philostratus, ''[[Life of Apollonius of Tyana]]'', 8. 30.</ref>  

Another name, Pipituna, found in [[Linear B]] scripts, may be another form of Diktynna.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.widdershins.org/vol11iss5/01.htm| title=The Minoan Deities Named: An Archaeologist Gleans Goddesses and Gods from Linear A| access-date=January 8, 2012| archive-date=September 20, 2012| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920004733/http://www.widdershins.org/vol11iss5/01.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref>