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Alexikakos (Ancient Gr****: Ἀλεξίκακος), the "averter of evil", was an
epithet given by the
ancient Gr****s to
several deities such as Zeus and Apollo, who...
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homes Alexicacus (/əˌlɛksɪˈkeɪkəs/ ə-LEK-sih-KAY-kəs; Ἀλεξίκακος,
Alexikakos),
literally "warding off evil"
Apotropaeus (/əˌpɒtrəˈpiːəs/ ə-POT-rə-PEE-əs;...
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which was
later depicted on
Roman coins of the city. His
statue of
Apollo Alexikakos stood in
front of the
Temple of
Apollo Patroos in Athens. He produced...
- he gave in time of plague, just as the
Athenians gave him the name of
Alexikakos (Averter of Evil) for
turning the
plague away from them. It was at the...
- stay in Attica;
there was a
temple of
Heracles the
Protector from Evil (
Alexikakos) in the deme Melite.
Heracles and
Melite have been
recognized in the figures...
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power to ward off evil,
which was also
attested through his
epithet of
alexikakos (αλεξικακος). Similarly, Hēraklēs
reaching the
abode of the Snake-Legged...
- Apollo: one made by Leochares,
which was
probably bronze, and an
Apollo Alexikakos ("averter of evil") made by Calamis.
Pausanias claims that the latter...
