Achor

A deity, mentioned by Pliny, who was invoked by the Cyrenians for averting insect pests.

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References

Sources

Cooper, J.C., ed. (1997). Brewer's Book of Myth and Legend. Oxford: Helicon Publishing Ltd.
Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia x, 28.

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