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Acraepheus (Greek: Ἀκραιφεύς) was, in Greek mythology a son of Apollo to whom the foundation of the town of Acraephnium, a Boeotian town on the lake Copais, was ascribed.[1] In Acraephnium, Apollo was thus attached with the epithet Acraephius or Acraephiaeus by worshipers. [2][3]
References
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Acraepheus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, pp. 14, http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0023.html
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ακραιφία
- ^ Pausanias, ix. 23. § 3, 40. § 2
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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