Editing Apollo (section)

====Place of worship====
[[Delphi]] and [[Actium]] were his primary places of worship.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0028%3Abook%3D13%3Acard%3D705 13.715].</ref><ref>[[Strabo]], x. p. 451</ref>

*'''Acraephius''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|k|r|iː|f|i|ə|s}} {{respell|ə|KREE|fee|əs}}; {{lang|grc|Ἀκραίφιος}}, ''Akraiphios'', literally "Acraephian") or '''Acraephiaeus''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˌ|k|r|iː|f|i|ˈ|iː|ə|s}} {{respell|ə|KREE|fee|EE|əs}}; {{lang|grc|Ἀκραιφιαίος}}, ''Akraiphiaios''), "Acraephian", from the [[Boeotia]]n town of [[Acraephia (Boeotia)|Acraephia]] ({{lang|grc|Ἀκραιφία}}), reputedly founded by his son [[Acraepheus]].<ref>Wiliam Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0001.001/29?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image Acraepheus ]</ref>
*'''Actiacus''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|k|ˈ|t|aɪ|ə|k|ə|s}} {{respell|ak|TY|ə|kəs}}; {{lang|grc|Ἄκτιακός}}, ''Aktiakos''), literally "Actian", after Actium ({{lang|grc|Ἄκτιον}})
*'''Delphinius''' ({{IPAc-en|d|ɛ|l|ˈ|f|ɪ|n|i|ə|s}} {{respell|del|FIN|ee|əs}}; {{lang|grc|Δελφίνιος}}, ''Delphinios''), literally "Delphic", after Delphi (Δελφοί). An [[etiology]] in the ''[[Homeric Hymns]]'' associated this with dolphins.
*'''[[Epactaeus]]''', meaning "god worshipped on the coast", in [[Samos]].<ref>{{Cite DGRBM|first=Leonhard|last=Schmitz| title=Epactaeus|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=epactaeus-bio-1&highlight=epactaeus|short=}}</ref>
*'''Pythius''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɪ|θ|i|ə|s}} {{respell|PITH|ee|əs}}; {{lang|grc|Πύθιος}}, ''Puthios'', from Πυθώ, ''Pythō''), from the region around Delphi
*'''[[Apollo Smintheus|Smintheus]]''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|m|ɪ|n|θj|uː|s}} {{respell|SMIN|thewss}}; {{lang|grc|Σμινθεύς}}, ''Smintheus''), "Sminthian"—that is, "of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe"<ref name="LSJsmintheus">{{LSJ|*sminqeu/s|Σμινθεύς|shortref}}.</ref> near the [[Troad]] town of [[Hamaxitus]]<ref>The epithet "Smintheus" has historically been confused with {{lang|grc|σμίνθος}}, "mouse", in association with Apollo's role as a god of disease</ref>
*'''Napaian Apollo''' ({{lang|grc|Ἀπόλλων Ναπαῖος}}), from the city of [[Nape (Lesbos)|Nape]] at the island of [[Lesbos]]<ref>[https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/nu/31 Suda, nu, 31]</ref>
*'''Eutresites''', from the city of [[Eutresis (Boeotia)|Eutresis]].<ref name="Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities"/>
[[File:Praxiteles - Apollo the Python-Slayer - 2004.30 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of [[Apollo Sauroctonus]] attributed to [[Praxiteles]] c. 340 BC, [[Cleveland Museum of Art]]]]
*'''Ixios''' (Ἴξιος), derived from a district in [[Rhodes]] called Ixiae or Ixia.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DI%3Aentry+group%3D9%3Aentry%3Dixios-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Ixios]</ref>