Agetor

Agetor (Greek: Ἀγήτωρ), alternatively spelled Hegetor (Greek: Hγήτωρ) meaning Leader or Ruler was an epithet given to several gods of Greek mythology,^[1] primarily Zeus in the region of Lacedaemon.^[2] The name probably describes Zeus as the ruler of gods, humankind, and the universe in general. Agetor was also an epithet of Apollo.^[3] Finally, it was also an epithet applied to Hermes, who conducts the souls of men to the lower world. Under this name Hermes had a statue at Megalopolis.^[4]

References

^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agetor", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71.
^ Stobaeus. Sermones, 42.
^ Euripides. Medea, 426.
^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, viii. 31. § 4.

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[DGRBM-1] Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agetor", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71.

[2] Stobaeus. Sermones, 42.

[3] Euripides. Medea, 426.

[4] Pausanias. Description of Greece, viii. 31. § 4.

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