Ancient riverbed Dirkis. (Thebes)

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Ancient river. In the myth, Dirce was the wife of Lycus, ie Wolf, therefore she was the goddess of the moon in its appearance of a full moon. As the full moon is a circle, one of his names was Circe (the circular), from which is derived the name Dirce. Lico has its own place of worship on the Acropolis, close to the theater of Dionysus and had the statue next to that of Semele, in addition to being a mother of Dionysus, was also Selene, the moon. Circe was sung by Homer as lady of the sacred forest and wildlife.The heroic myth of Dirce is intertwined with countless legends from that of Cadmus, of Asopus, of Hercules, Ulysses and many other heroes who have made Thebes and, more generally, of Boeotia, the origin and the cradle of Greek mythology.