(), i.e. armed or clad with a black aegis,
occurred as a surname of Dionysus at Eleutherae (Suid. s. v.Ἐλεύθερος ; Paus.
1.38.8), and at Athens (Suid. s. v.Ἀπατούρια; Conon, Narrat. 39;
Paus. 2.35.1; comnp. MELANTHUS), and
of the Erinnys. (Aeschyl. Sept. 700.)