Agetor

Agetor (Ancient Greek: Ἀγήτωρ), alternatively spelled Hegetor (Greek: Hγήτωρ) meaning Leader or Ruler was an epithet given to several gods of Greek mythology,[1] primarily Zeus in the region of Lacedaemon.[2] The name probably describes Zeus as the ruler of gods, humankind, and the universe in general. Agetor was also an epithet of Apollo.[3] Finally, it was also an epithet applied to Hermes, who conducts the souls of men to the lower world. Under this name Hermes had a statue at Megalopolis.[4]

Notes

Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agetor", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71.
Stobaeus. Sermones, 42.
Euripides. Medea, 426.
Pausanias. Description of Greece, viii. 31. § 4.

References

Euripides, Medea with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1994. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[DGRBM-1] Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Agetor", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71.

[2] Stobaeus. Sermones, 42.

[3] Euripides. Medea, 426.

[4] Pausanias. Description of Greece, viii. 31. § 4.