Lo'xias
(
*Loci/as), a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from his intricate and ambiguous oracles (
λοξα), but it is unquestionably connected with the verb
Λέγειν, and describes the god as the prophet or interpreter of Zeus. (
Hdt. 1.91,
8.136; Aeschyl.
Eum. 19;
Aristoph. Pl. 8;
Eustath. ad Hom. p. 794;
Macr. 1.17.)
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