Acacetus

Acacetus

Acacetus from his Greek name Ἀκάκητος. Homer used the term to describe Hermes in the Iliad, and Hesiod for Prometheus in the Theogony. [Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. "The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable". Wordsworth Editions, 2000. ISBN 1840223103]

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