Epacteus

Or Epactius (Ἐπάκτιος), that is, the god worshiped on the coast, was used as a surname of Poseidon in Samos,1 and of Apollo.2

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References

Notes

  1. Hesychius s.v.
  2. Orphic. Argonautica, 1296; Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica i, 404.

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.