Acratopotes
In Greek mythology, Acratopotes (Greek: Ἀκρατοπότης), the drinker of unmixed wine, was a hero worshiped in Munychia in Attica.[1] According to Pausanias, who calls him simply Acratus, he was one of the divine companions of Dionysus,[2] who was worshiped at Attica.[3] Pausanias saw his image at Athens in the house of Polytion, where it was fixed in the wall.[4]
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References
- ↑ Polemo, ap. Athen. ii. p. 39
- ↑ Similar in name to Dionysus Acratophorus, the "unmixed wine" epithet by which Dionysus was worshiped in Phigaleia in Arcadia.
- ↑ Pausanias, i. 2. § 4
- ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Acratopotes", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, p. 14
Sources
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