Sarpedonia

A surname of Artemis, derived from cape Sarpedon in Cilicia, where she had a temple with an oracle. The masculine form Sarpedonius occurs as a surname of Apollo.

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References

Sources

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Strabo. Geography xiv, p. 676.