1. A surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in several places, as at Naxos in
Sicily (Thuc. 6.3; Pind. P. 5.80),
and at Megara. (Paus. 1.42.5.) The name has reference either to
Apollo as the leader and protector of colonies, or as the founderof towns in general, in which
case the import of the name is niearly the same as Δεὸς
πατροῷοτ