Aspha'lius
or ASPHALEIUS (
Ἀσφάλιος or
Ἀσφάλειος), a surname of Poseidon, under which he was worshipped in several towns of Greece.
It describes him as the god who granta safety to ports and to navigation in general. (
Strab. i. p.57;
Paus. 7.21.3;
Plut. Thes. 36; Suid.
s. v.)
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