McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Saitis

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Saitis

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Sainte-Aulaire, Martial Louis De Beaupoil De
Sainte-Beuve, Jacques De
Sainte-Marthe, Claude De
Sainte-Valier, Jean Baptiste De Lacroix De
Saints Days
Saints Relics
Saints, Invocation Of
Saints
Sair
Saitis
Saitons
Saivas
Saivo Oiniak
Sajotkatta
Sakar
Saker, Alfred
Sakhi Bhavas
Sakhtar
Sakia

in Greek mythology, is a surname of Minerva, under which she possessed a temple on the mountain Pontinus, near Lerna, in Argolis. This Saitic worship was doubtless derived from Sais, in Egypt, where the goddess Neith was adored, the latter service being incorporated with that of Minerva by the Greeks.