Acraepheus
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Ancient Greek mythological figure and son of Apollo
Acraepheus (Ancient Greek: Ἀκραιφεύς) was, in Greek mythology, a son of Apollo to whom the foundation of the town of Acraephnium, a Boeotian town on the lake Copais, was ascribed.[1] In Acraephnium, Apollo was attached with the epithet Acraephius or Acraephiaeus by worshipers.[2] Acraepheus could have been father of Ptous by Euxippe.[2] [3]
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Acraepheus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 14
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Akraiphia (Ακραιφία)
- ^ Herodian, 1.112 & 337
References
[edit ]- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acraepheus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .
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