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Decate'phorus

*Dekath/foros), that is, the god to whom the tenth part of the booty is dedicated, was a surname of Apollo at Megara. Pausanias (1.42.5) remarks, that the statues of Apollo Pythius and Decatephorus at Megara resembled Egyptian sculptures.

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