Soter
(
Σώτηρ), i. e. "the Saviour" (Lat.
Servator or
Sospes), occurs as the surname of several divinities :--1. of Zeus in Argos (
Paus. 2.20.5), at Troezene (2.31.14), in laconia (3.23.6), at Messene (4.31.5), at Mantineia (8.9. § l), at Megalopolis (8.30.5; comp. Aristoph.
Ran. 1433 ; Plin. Nat. 34.8).
The sacrifices offered to him were called
όωτήρια. (Plut.
Arat. 53.) 2. Of Helios (
Paus. 8.31.4), and 3. of Bacchus. (Lycoph. 206.)
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