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

(Λυκηγενής), a surname of Apollo, describing him either as the god born in Lycia, or as the god born of light. (Hom. Il. 4.101, 119 ;comp. LYCEIUS.)

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