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

(Κορυφαία), the goddess who inhabits the summit of the mountain, a surname of Artemis, under which she had a temple on mount Coryphaeon, near Epidaurus. (Paus. 2.281.2.) It is also applied to designate the highest or supreme god, and is consequently given as an epithet to Zeus. (Paus. 2.4.5.)

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