Some derived it from Carnus, an Acarnanian soothsayer, whose murder by Hippotes provoked Apollo to send a plague into the army of Ilippotes while he was on his march to Peloponnesus. § 5.) The origin of the name is explained in different ways. 69.)ĬARNEIUS (Karneios), a surname of Apollo under which he was worshipped in various parts of Greece, especially in Peloponnesus, as at Sparta and Sicyon, and also in Thera, Cyrene, and Magna Graecia. 27.) According to others, the name arose from the circumstance, that in the war of Erechtheus and Ion against Eumolpus, Apollo had advised the Athenians to rush upon the enemy with a war-shout (Boê), if they would conquer. According to some, the god was thus called because he had assisted the Athenians in the war with the Amazons, who were defeated on the seventh of Boëdromion, the day on which the Boëdromia were afterwards celebrated. § 5.) The name has reference either to Apollo as the leader and protector of colonies, or as the founder of towns in general, in which case the import of the name is niearly the same as theos patroôs.īOEDRO′MIUS (Boêdromios), the helper in distress, a surname of Apollo at Athens, the origin of which is explained in different ways.
A surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in several places, as at Naxos in Sicily (Thuc. § 2.) The sanctuary of Apollo contained the throne of Amyclae, a work of Bathycles of Magnesia, which Pausanias saw. The women of Amyclae made every year a new chitôn for the god, and the place where they made it was also called the Chiton. This figure of the god wore a helmet, and in his hands he held a spear and a bow. It appears to have been very ancient, for with the exception of the head, hands, and feet, the whole resembled more a brazen pillar than a statue. His colossal statue there is estimated by Pausanias (iii. § 2.)ĪMYCLAEUS (Amuklaios), a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Amyclae in Laconia, where he had a celebrated sanctuary. The name was derived either from the belief that the Amazons had penetrated into Peloponnesus as far as Pyrrhichus, or that they had founded the temple there. 3.)ĪMAZO′NIUS (Amazonios), a surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped, and had a temple at Pyrrhichus in Laconia. i.), - to Apollo, who was worshipped under this name by the Athenians, because he was believed to have stopped the plague which raged at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian war (Paus. 9.)ĪLEXI′CACUS (Alexikakos), the averter of evil, is a surname given by the Greeks to several deities, as - Zeus ( Orph. § 1.) The origin of the worship of Apollo Agyieus in the last of these places is related by Pausanias. As such he was worshipped at Acharnae (Paus. 361.)ĪGYIEUS (Aguieus), a surname of Apollo describing him as the protector of the streets and public places. After he had killed the lion of Cithaeron, a temple was erected to him by Alcathous at Megara under the name of Apollo Agraeus. 133, with the Schol.)ĪGRAEUS (Agraios), the hunter, a surname of Apollo. 1335.) But Agonius is more especially used as a surname of Hermes, who presides over all kinds of solemn contests. 26) use it of Apollo and Zeus, and apparently in the sense of helpers in struggles and contests. § 4.)ĪGO′NIUS (Agônios), a surname or epithet of several gods. Under this name Hermes had a statue at Megalopolis. 426) where however Elmsley and others prefer halêtôr :- to Hermes, who conducts the souls of men to the lower world. 42): the name seems to describe Zeus as the leader and ruler of men but others think, that it is synonymous with Agamemnon :- to Apollo (Eurip. v.)ĪGE′TOR (Agêtôr), a surname given to several gods, for instance, to Zeus at Lacedaemon (Stob. 434.)ĪEGLE′TES (Aiglêtês), that is, the radiant god, a surname of Apollo. 901.)ĪCTIACUS, a surname of Apollo, derived from Actium, one of the principal places of his worship. A surname of Apollo which characterises him as the god of the healing art, or in general as the averter of evil, like akesios.
This surname, which has the same meaning as akestôr and alexikakos, characterised the god as the averter of evil. 26.)ĪCE′SIUS (Akesios), a surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in Elis, where he had a splendid temple in the agora. § 1, &c.)ĪCERSE′COMES (Akersekomês), a surname of Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which was never cut or shorn. This page lists his many titles and epithets.ĪBAEUS (Abaios), a surname of Apollo derived from the town of Abae in Phocis, where the god had a rich temple. APOLLON was the Olympian god of music, poetry, prophecy, youth, healing, and the aversion of plague and harm.
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