Alexicacus

Alexicacus

Alexicacus, ī, m. (ἀλεξίκακος), Abwehrer des Bösen, ein Beiname des Herkules, Lact. 5, 3, 14.


http://www.zeno.org/Georges-1913. 1806–1895.

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