A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Αἰγοφάγος), the goat-eater, a surname of Hera, under which she was worshipped by the Lacedaemonians. (Paus. 3.15.7 ; Hesych. and Etym. M. s. v.)

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