Agyieus
Agyieus (
romanized: Aguieus means 'he of the street'[1]) was an epithet of the Greek god Apollo describing him as the protector of the streets, public places, and the entrances to homes.[2] As such he was worshiped at Acharnae,[3] Mycenae,[4] and at Tegea.[5] The origin of the worship of Apollo Agyieus in the last of these places is related by Pausanias.[6]
The cult of Apollo Agyieus was
When standing before a house, the stone objects would be decorated with offerings of ribbon, or wreaths of myrtle or bay.Notes
- ISBN 9780241983386.
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Agyieus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 83. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
- ^ Pausanias, 1.31.3
- ^ Pausanias, 2.19.7
- ^ Pausanias, 8.53.1
- Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.9
- ISBN 0-19-864226-1.
- ^ Pherecrates, 87; Dieuchidas, 2
- ^ Martin Nilsson."Die Geschichte der Griechische Religion".Verlag C.H.Beck 1955.pp.559, 564
- Clarendon Press. pp. 308.
References
- ISBN 978-0143106715
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agyieus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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