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Acraepheus
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. In Acraephnium, Apollo was attached with the epithet Acraephius or Acraephiaeus by worshipers.
Acraepheus could have been father of Ptous by Euxippe.
References.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, "Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt," edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from
") from δίδυμος, "twin") as Artemis' twin
Etymology Greco-Roman epithets Place of worship.
Delphi and Actium were his primary places of worship.
- Acraephius ( ; , "Akraiphios", literally "Acraephian") or Acraephiaeus ( ; , "Akraiphiaios"), "Acraephian", from the Boeotian town of Acraephia (), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus.
- Actiacus ( ; , "Aktiakos"), literally "Actian", after Actium ()
- Delphinius