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Location information
Listed 2 sub titles with search on: Mythology
for destination: "ALIFIRA
Ancient city
ILIA".
Mythology (2)
Eponymous founders or settlers
Alipherus
Alipherus or Halipherus (Alipheros), one of the sons of Lycaon, killed by Zeus with a flash of lightning for their insolence. (Apollod. iii. 8. ยง 1.) The town of Aliphera or Alipheira in Arcadia was believed to have been founded by him, and to have derived its name from him. (Paus. viii. 3.1, 26.4; Steph. Byz. s. v. Alipheira.)
- A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith)
- Alipherus: Perseus Encyclopedia
Gods & demigods
Zeus Lecheates
Lecheates i. e. the protector of childbed, a surname of Zeus, who, as the father of Athena, was worshipped under this name at Aliphera. (Paus. viii. 26.4)
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