Nomius

A surname of divinities protecting the pastures and shepherds, such as Apollo, Pan, Hermes, and Aristaeus.

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References

Sources

  • Palatine Anthology ix, 217.
  • Aristophanes. Thesmophoriazusae, 983.
  • Callimachus. Hymn to Apollo, 47.
  • 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.