Acratopotes

Acratopotes

In Greek mythology, Acratopotes (Greek: polytonic|Ἀκρατοπότης), the drinker of unmixed wine, was a hero worshiped in Munychia in Attica. [Polemo, "ap. Athen". ii. p. 39] According to Pausanias, who calls him simply Acratus, he was one of the divine compa­nions of Dionysus, [Similar in name to "Dionysus Acratophorus", the "unmixed wine" epithet by which Dionysus was worshiped in Phigaleia in Arcadia.] who was worshiped at Attica. [Pausanias, i. 2. § 4] Pausanias saw his image at Athens in the house of Polytion, where it was fixed in the wall. [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Acratopotes
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 14
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0023.html ]

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  • Acratus — is a classical name attributed to the following individuals:*Acratus was a freedman of Nero. He was sent by Nero in 64 AD to Asia and Achaea to plunder the temples and take away the statues of the gods. [Tacitus, Annales xv. 45, xvi. 23]… …   Wikipedia

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