Amalceides
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Amalceides is one of the Tritopatores, Athenian wind gods (or guardians of the winds) to whom the Athenians pray. The Suda gives their names as Amalceides, Protocles and Protocleon. The Tritopatores are offered sacrifices when they are about to marry or wish to conceive children.
When
- First attested
- 900 CE
- Attested period
- 900 – 900
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the tenth-century Byzantine lexicon Suda.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Protocles, Protocleon, Gaia, Helios
- aspect of
- Tritopatores
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“He gives their names as Amalceides, Protocles and Protocleon (in Ancient Greek: Ἀμαλκείδης, Πρωτοκλῆς and Πρωτοκλέων), but also says that alternatively they are Cottus, Briareon and Gyges”
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