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Mythology (7)

Gods & demigods

Apollo Galaxius

Galaxius, (Galaxios), a surname of Apollo in Boeotia, derived from the stream Galaxius. (Procl. ap. Phot.; Muller, Orchom., 2d edit.)

Athnena Longatis

Longatis, a surname of Athena (Lycoph. 520, 1032), which according to Tzetzes (ad Lycoph. l. c.), she derived from her being worshipped in a Boeotian district called Longas, which however is unknown.

Historic figures

Boeotus

(Paus. 9,1,1). Diodorus mentions Arne as his mother, and many claim that his father was Poseidon, the most famous god in Boeotia.

Boeotus (Boiotos), a son of Poseidon or Itonus and Arne (Antiope or Melanippe), and brother of Aeolus. He was the ancestral hero of the Boeotians, who derived their name from him. (Paus. ix. 1.1)

Heroes

Hippalcimus

Hippalcimus, (Hippalkimos), a grandson of Boeotus, son of Itonus, and father of Peneleus. (Diod. iv. 67; Apollod. i. 9.16, who, however, calls him Hippalmus.)

Itonus

Itonus. A son of Boeotus, and father of Hippalcimns. Electryon, Archilochus, and Alegenor. (Diod. iv. 67.)

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