Acraepheus (Greek: Ἀκραιφεύς) was, in Greek mythology, a son of Apollo to whom the foundation of the Boeotian town of Acraephia was ascribed.[1] Apollo, who was wor­shipped in that place, derived from it the epithet of Acraephius or Acraephiaeus.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Acraepheus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, pp. 14 
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Ακραιφία
  3. ^ Pausanias, ix. 23. § 3, 40. § 2

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