Epactaeus

Epactaeus

Epactaeus

Epithet of Poseidon

In Greek mythology, Epactaeus, Epactius, Epaktaios or Epaktios – that is, the god worshipped on the coast – was used as a surname of Poseidon in Samos,[1] and of Apollo.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Hesych. s. v. (cited by Schmitz)
  2. [2]
    Orph. Argon. 1296; Apollon. Rhod. i. 404. (cited by Schmitz)

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz (1870). Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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