Arbius (Ancient Greek: Ἄρβιος) was a toponymic epithet of the Greek god Zeus, derived from Mount Arbias in Crete – in modern times, the hills and chasms near Arvi – where he was worshipped.
It is also hypothesized that "Arbius" has some relationship to the Latin arbor ("tree"), as Zeus was known to have been worshipped as a tree god on Crete.
References
- ^ Cook, Arthur Bernard (1914). Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. pp. 945–946. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- Hall, Harry Reginald (1915). Ægean archæeology: an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece. Handbooks to ancient civilizations series. P.L. Warner. pp. 149. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἄπβις
- Frothingham, Jr., A. L. (1896). "Archæological News". American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts. 11 (3). Archaeological Institute of America: 464. doi:10.2307/496506. JSTOR 496506.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Arbius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 257.
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