Hecaergus

A surname of Apollo, of the same meaning as Hecaerge in the case of Artemis.1 Here too tradition has metamorphosed the attribute of the god into a distinct being, for Servius2 speaks of one Hecaergus as a teacher and priest of Apollo and Artemis.

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References

Notes

  1. Homer. Iliad i, 147.
  2. on Virgil's Aeneid xii, 532, 858.

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.