Messapeus

A surname of Zeus, under which he had a sanctuary between Amyclae and Mount Taygetus. It was said to have been derived from a priest of the name of Messapeus.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece iii, 20.3.
  • 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.