Soteira
Σώτειρα
(Σώτειρα), i. e. "the saving goddess" (Lat. Sospita), occurs as a surname of several female divinities in Greece, e. g. 1. of Artemis at Pegae in Megaris (Paus. 1.40.2, 44.7). at Troezene (2.31. § I), at Boeae in Laconia (3.22.9), near Pellene (7.27.1); 2. of Persephone in Laconia (3.13.2), in Arcadia (8.31.1); 3. of Athena (Schol. ad Plat. p. 90. ed. Ruhnken; Aristot. Rh. 3.18); and 4. of Eunomia (Pind. O. 9.25.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.