Hera Alexandros

Alexandros (Gr. Ἀλέξανδρος), the "defender of men", was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera, under which she was worshiped at Sicyon.[1][2] A temple had been built there to Hera Alexandros by Adrastus after his flight from Argos.[3][4]

Epithet

Hera is referred to by various names one of which is the title Alexandros, "the defender of men", a name which she was worshiped under by the Sicyonian people. A temple had been built in her name by Adrastus, who was the legendary king of during the war of Seven against Thebes.

References
  1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 110. Archived from the original on 2009-04-25.
  2. Lewis, Richard Farnell (1896). The Cults of the Greek States. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. pp. 197.
  3. Scholiast, ad Pindar Nemean ix. 30
  4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, iii. 12. § 5

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexander". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 110.


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