Tegyreius

A surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Tegyra in Boeotia, where, according to some traditions, the god had been born.

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References

Sources

  • Plutarch. Pelopidas, 8.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Tegura.

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