Decatephorus

That is, the god to whom the tenth part of the booty is dedicated, was a surname of Apollo at Megara. Pausanias1 remarks, that the statues of Apollo Pythius and Decatephorus at Megara resembled Egyptian sculptures.

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References

Notes

  1. Description of Greece i, 42.5

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.