Asphalius

Or Asphaleius (Ἀσφάλειος), a surname of Poseidon, under which he was worshiped in several towns of Greece. It describes him as the god who grants safety to ports and to navigation in general.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece vii, 21.3.
  • Plutarch. Theseus, 36.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Strabo. Geography i, 57.
  • Suidas, s.v.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.