Castalius

Castalius was either a simple mortal, or a son of Apollo and father of Delphus, who came from Crete to Crissa, and there founded the worship of the Delphinian Apollo.1 Another account makes Castalius a son of Delphus and father of Thyia.2 A well at the foot of Mount Parnassus might be named for him (see Castalia).

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References

Notes

  1. Ilgen, on Homer's Hymn to Apollo, p. 341.
  2. Pausanias. Description of Greece vii, 18.6; x, 6.2.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

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