Apollo Hyacinthus
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Apollo Hyacinthus is a figure to whom a Hyacinthus tomb is ascribed by Polybius at Tarentum. Some think that the personalities are one, and that the hero is merely an emanation from the god. Confirmation is sought in the Apolline appellation τετράχειρ, alleged by Hesychius to have been used in Laconia, and assumed to describe a composite figure of Apollo-Hyacinthus.
When
- First attested
- 200 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested by Polybius.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Hyacinthus
- aspect of
- Apollo
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The fact that at Tarentum a Hyacinthus tomb is ascribed by Polybius to Apollo Hyacinthus (not Hyacinthus) has led some to think that the personalities are one, and that the hero is merely an emanation from the god; confirmation is sought in the Apolline appellation τετράχειρ, alleged by Hesychius to have been used in Laconia”
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