Chrysaor
2. The god with the golden sword or arms.
In this sense it is used as a surname or attribute of several divinities, such as Apollo (
Hom. Il. 15.256), Artemis (
Hdt. 8.77), and Demeter. (Hom.
Hymn. in Cer. 4.) We find Chrysaoreus as a surname of Zeus with the same meaning, under which he had a temple in Caria, which was a national sanctuary, and the place of meeting for the national assembly of the Carians. (
Strab. xiv. p.660; comp.
Paus. 5.21.5; Steph. Byz.
s. v. Χρυσαορίς.)
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