Acraepheus

Acraepheus

Acraepheus (Greek: polytonic|Ἀκραιφεύς) was, in Greek mythology, a son of Apollo to whom the foundation of the Boeotian town of Acraephia was ascribed. [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Acraepheus
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
] Apollo, who was wor­shipped in that place, derived from it the epithet of Acraephius or Acraephiaeus. [Stephanus of Byzantium "s.v." polytonic|Ακραιφία] [Pausanias, ix. 23. § 3, 40. § 2]

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