Apollo Epicurius

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Apollo Epicurius is an epithet of the Greek god Apollo venerated as a healer and helper, particularly associated with the sanctuary at Bassae in Arcadia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity epithet
epithet of Apollo
associatedWithFunction aid in distress
healing
protection from disease
associatedWithGeographicFeature Mount Kotilion
associatedWithRegion Arcadia
associatedWithSanctuary Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
surface form: Bassae
associatedWithTemple Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
connectedToMythology Greek mythology
cultCenter Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
surface form: Bassae sanctuary
cultLinkedTo Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
surface form: Temple of Apollo Epicurius UNESCO World Heritage Site
epithetOf Apollo Loxias
surface form: Apollo
hasAttribute benevolence
healing power
protective power
hasEpithetMeaning Apollo Paean
surface form: Apollo the Helper

Apollo Karneios
surface form: Apollo the Succorer
hasPrimarySanctuary Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
surface form: Bassae in Arcadia
hasRole healer
helper
honoredBy inhabitants of Arcadia
worshippers at Bassae
languageOfName Ancient Greek
nameInGreekScript Apollo Epicurius self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ἀπόλλων Ἐπικούριος
partOf Greek polytheistic religion
relatedToAspectOfApollo Apollo as healer
Apollo as protector
timePeriodOfCult 5th century BCE
Classical Greece
veneratedIn Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece

Arcadia
worshipContext mountain sanctuary
rural sanctuary
worshipType healing cult
protective cult

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Ictinus associatedWithDeity Apollo Epicurius
Figaleia associatedDeity Apollo Epicurius
Apollo Epicurius nameInGreekScript Apollo Epicurius self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ἀπόλλων Ἐπικούριος
Mount Kotilion dedicatedTo Apollo Epicurius
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo Epicurius
Mount Kotilion dedicatedTo Apollo Epicurius
subject surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo Epicurius