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Apemius (Template:Lang-grc) or Apemios was an epithet of the god Zeus in Greek mythology, which meant "averter of ills".[1] Under this name Zeus had an altar on Mount Parnes in Attica,[2] on which sacrifices were offered to him.[3]

There is also a mountain at Hymettus with shrines to Zeus that some scholars considered to be connected to his worship as Apemius.[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ Avery, Catherine B. (1962). The New Century Classical Handbook. Appleton-Century-Crofts. pp. 118. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  2. ^ Morgan, M. H. (1901). "Greek and Roman Rain-Gods and Rain-Charms". Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. 32. Johns Hopkins University Press: 83–109. doi:10.2307/282612. JSTOR 282612.
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.32.2
  4. ^ Langdon, Merle K. (1976). "A Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Hymettos". Hesperia Supplement. 16. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. ISBN 9780876615164. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  5. ^ van der Eijnde, F. (2010). "The forgotten sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Parnes" (PDF). Talanta. 42: 113–128.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apemius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 224.