Spodius

A surname of Apollo at Thebes, derived from σποδός (spodos), "ashes," because his altar consisted of the ashes of the victims which had been sacrificed to him.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ix, 11.5.
  • 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.