Philesius

A surname of Apollo at Didyma, where his son Branchus was said to have founded a sanctuary of the god, and to have introduced his worship.

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References

Sources

  • Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia xxxiv, 8.
  • 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.