Pythius

The Pythian, from Pytho, the ancient name of Delphi, often occurs as a surname of Apollo, whose oracle was at Delphi.

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References

Sources

  • Aeschylus. Agamemnon, 521.
  • Homeric Hymns. Hymn to Apollo, 373.
  • Horace. Odes, i, 16. 6.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Tacitus. Historiae iv, 83.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.