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

(Ὅρκιος), the god who watches over oaths, or is invoked in oaths, and punishes their violation, occurs chiefly as a surname of Zeus,

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under which the god had a statue at Olympia. (Paus. 5.24.2; Eur. Hipp. 1025.)

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