In ancient Greek religion, Paregoros ()LSJ, s.v. παρήγορος. is the name of a goddess venerated at Megara. According to the geographer Pausanias, there was a statue, by the sculptor Praxiteles, of a goddess in the temple of Aphrodite at Megara, which the Megarians called "Consoler" (Paregoros).Farnell, p. 665; Smith, s.v. Paregoros; Pausanias, 1.43.6.
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