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

(Ἀελλόπους), a surname of Iris, the messenger of the gods, by which she is described as swift-footed like a storm-wind. Homer uses the form ἀελλόπος. (Il. 409.)

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