Libystinus

That is, the Libyan, a surname under which Apollo was worshiped by the Sicilians, because he was believed to have destroyed by a pestilence a Libyan fleet which sailed against Sicily.

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References

Sources

  • Macrobius. Saturnalia i, 17.
  • 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.