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Acraea

2. Acraea and Acraeus are also attributes given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, such as Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Pallas, Artemis, and others. (Paus. 1.1.3, 2.24.1; Apollod. 1.9.28; Vitr. 1.7; Spanheim, ad Callim. Hymn in Jov. 82.)

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    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 1.9.28
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.1.3
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.24.1
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 1.7
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