Ace'sius
(
*)Ake/sios), a surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in Elis, where he had a splendid temple in the agora.
This surname, which has the same meaning as
ἀκέστωρ and
ἀλεξίκακος, characterised the god as the averter of evil. (
Paus. 6.24.5.)
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