Anytos
Anytos or Anytus (Ancient Greek: Ἄνυτος) was one of the Titans of Greek mythology.[1] He was supposed to have raised Despoina, and in Arcadia during Pausanias' time the two were represented by statues in a temple near Acacesium.
Head of titan Anytus, from the temple of Despoina at Lykosoura in Arkadia. National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Notes
- Smith, s.v. Anytus; Pausanias 8.37.5.
References
- Pausanias, 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, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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