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Who is the little spoon?

That changes a lot with Luna but with Hana it’s more Alex being the big spoon (if we add Magna Alex would be more the little one)

Who sings in the shower?

Alex

Who plays pranks on the other?

Alex

Who is the one who listens to pop music?

Both when they are drunk

Who brings the other a random cup of joe?

Alex in all the ships besides with Hana there it would be her

Who picks the cheesy movies for date night?

Just to make fun of it with all of them

Who is more likely to feed the other in public?

Magna would more feed Alex, but Alex would more feed Hana and Luna

Who gives the other random little compliments?

Alex

Who is always stealing food from the other’s plate?

Alex

Who is more likely to let the other borrow their car?

Alex would let Hana borrow it but besides that she’s very possessive about her car 🤣

Who makes the list before they go grocery shopping?

Alex but mostly they all forget

Who makes sure the other takes their meds when sick?

Alex cause she has a good medical understanding especially in psychiatrist verse of course

Who watches sports and has to teach the other the rules?

Magna/Luna (don’t know if Hana cares about sports cause Alex doesn’t)

Who pulls the other to their feet for a dance in the living room?

Alex

Who has to keep reminding the other to hurry or they’ll be late?

Alex reminds Hana, Magna reminds Alex, Luna reminds Alex

Who is the one most likely to get a tattoo with the other’s name?

Magna/Luna

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Day 7 of 30 Days of Apollon

Names and epithets

He has so many, though my favourite has to be ‘Lykios’ meaning ‘of the wolves’ or ‘Horios’ meaning ‘Boundaries, Of Borders’

More of his epithets are below

ABAEUS (Abaios), a surname of Apollo derived from the town of Abae in Phocis, where the god had a rich temple. (Hesych. s. v. Abai; Herod. viii. 33; Paus. x. 35. § 1, &c.)

ACERSE′COMES (Akersekomês), a surname of Apollo expressive of his beautiful hair which was never cut or shorn. (Hom. Il. xx. 39; Pind. Pyth. iii. 26.)

ACE′SIUS (Akesios), a surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in Elis, where he had a splendid temple in the agora. This surname, which has the same meaning as akestôr and alexikakos, characterised the god as the averter of evil. (Paus. vi. 24. § 5.)

ACESTOR (Akestôr). A surname of Apollo which characterises him as the god of the healing art, or in general as the averter of evil, like akesios. (Eurip. Androm. 901.)

ACTIACUS, a surname of Apollo, derived from Actium, one of the principal places of his worship. (Ov. Met. xiii. 715; Strab. x. p. 451; compare Burmann, ad Propert. p. 434.)

AEGLE′TES (Aiglêtês), that is, the radiant god, a surname of Apollo. (Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1730; Apollod. i. 9. § 26; Hesych. s. v.)

AGE′TOR (Agêtôr), a surname given to several gods, for instance, to Zeus at Lacedaemon (Stob. Serm. 42): the name seems to describe Zeus as the leader and ruler of men; but others think, that it is synonymous with Agamemnon :-- to Apollo (Eurip. Med. 426) where however Elmsley and others prefer halêtôr :-- to Hermes, who conducts the souls of men to the lower world. Under this name Hermes had a statue at Megalopolis. (Paus. viii. 3. § 4.)

AGO′NIUS (Agônios), a surname or epithet of several gods. Aeschylus (Agam. 513) and Sophocles (Trach. 26) use it of Apollo and Zeus, and apparently in the sense of helpers in struggles and contests. (Comp. Eustath. ad Il. p. 1335.) But Agonius is more especially used as a surname of Hermes, who presides over all kinds of solemn contests. (Agônes, Paus. v. 14. § 7; Pind. Olymp. vi. 133, with the Schol.)

AGRAEUS (Agraios), the hunter, a surname of Apollo. After he had killed the lion of Cithaeron, a temple was erected to him by Alcathous at Megara under the name of Apollo Agraeus. (Paus. i. 41. § 4; Eustath. ad Il. p. 361.)

AGYIEUS (Aguieus), a surname of Apollo describing him as the protector of the streets and public places. As such he was worshipped at Acharnae (Paus. i. 31. § 3), Mycenae (ii. 19. § 7), and at Tegea. (viii. 53. § 1.) The origin of the worship of Apollo Agyieus in the last of these places is related by Pausanias. (Compare Hor. Carm. iv. 6. 28; Macrob. Sat. i. 9.)

ALEXI′CACUS (Alexikakos), the averter of evil, is a surname given by the Greeks to several deities, as -- Zeus (Orph. De Lapid. Prooem. i.), -- to Apollo, who was worshipped under this name by the Athenians, because he was believed to have stopped the plague which raged at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian war (Paus. i. 3. § 3, viii. 41. § 5), -- and to Heracles. (Lactant. v. 3.)

AMAZO′NIUS (Amazonios), a surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped, and had a temple at Pyrrhichus in Laconia. The name was derived either from the belief that the Amazons had penetrated into Peloponnesus as far as Pyrrhichus, or that they had founded the temple there. (Paus. iii. 25. § 2.)

AMYCLAEUS (Amuklaios), a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Amyclae in Laconia, where he had a celebrated sanctuary. His colossal statue there is estimated by Pausanias (iii. 19. § 2) at thirty cubits in height. It appears to have been very ancient, for with the exception of the head, hands, and feet, the whole resembled more a brazen pillar than a statue. This figure of the god wore a helmet, and in his hands he held a spear and a bow. The women of Amyclae made every year a new chitôn for the god, and the place where they made it was also called the Chiton. (Paus. iii. 16. § 2.) The sanctuary of Apollo contained the throne of Amyclae, a work of Bathycles of Magnesia, which Pausanias saw. (iii. 18. § 6, &c.; comp. Welcker, Zeitschrift für Gesch. der alt. Kunst. i. 2, p. 280, &c.)

ARCHE′GETES (Archêgetês). A surname of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in several places, as at Naxos in Sicily (Thuc. vi. 3; Pind. Pyth. v.80), and at Megara. (Paus. i. 42. § 5.) The name has reference either to Apollo as the leader and protector of colonies, or as the founder of towns in general, in which case the import of the name is niearly the same as theos patroôs.

BOEDRO′MIUS (Boêdromios), the helper in distress, a surname of Apollo at Athens, the origin of which is explained in different ways. According to some, the god was thus called because he had assisted the Athenians in the war with the Amazons, who were defeated on the seventh of Boëdromion, the day on which the Boëdromia were afterwards celebrated. (Plut. Thes. 27.) According to others, the name arose from the circumstance, that in the war of Erechtheus and Ion against Eumolpus, Apollo had advised the Athenians to rush upon the enemy with a war-shout (Boê), if they would conquer. (Harpocrat., Suid., Etym. M. s.v. Boêdromios; Callim. Hymn.in Apoll. 69.)

CARNEIUS (Karneios), a surname of Apollo under which he was worshipped in various parts of Greece, especially in Peloponnesus, as at Sparta and Sicyon, and also in Thera, Cyrene, and Magna Graecia. (Paus. iii. 13. § 2, &c., ii. 10. § 2, 11. § 2; Pind. Pyth. v. 106; Plut. Sympos. viii. 1; Paus. iii. 24. § 5, iv. 31. �� 1, 33. § 5.) The origin of the name is explained in different ways. Some derived it from Carnus, an Acarnanian soothsayer, whose murder by Hippotes provoked Apollo to send a plague into the army of Ilippotes while he was on his march to Peloponnesus. Apollo was afterwards propitiated by the introduction of the worship of Apollo Carneius. (Paus. iii. 13. § 3; Schol. ad Theocrit. v. 83.) Others believed that Apollo was thus called from his favourite Carnus or Carneius, a son of Zeus and Europa, whom Leto and Apollo had brought up. (Paus. l. c. ; Hesych. s. v. Karneios.) Several other attempts to explain the name are given in Pausanias and the Scholiast on Theocritus. It is evident, however, that the worship of the Carneian Apollo was very ancient, and was probably established in Peloponnesus even before the Dorian conquest. Respecting the festival of the Carneia see Dict. of Ant. s. v. Karneia.

CATAE′BATES ( Kataibatês), occurs as a surname of several gods . . . Of Apollo, who was invoked by this name to grant a happy return home (katabasis) to those who were travelling abroad. (Eurip. Bacch. 1358; Schol. ad Eurip. Phoen. 1416.)

CHRYSAOR (Chrusaôr). 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. II. xv. 256), Artemis (Herod. viii. 77), and Demeter. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 4.)

CLA′RIUS (Klarios), a surname of Apollo, derived from his celebrated temple at Claros in Asia Minor, which had been founded by Manto, the daughter of Teiresias, who, after the conquest of her native city of Thebes, was made over to the Delphic god, and was then sent into the country, where subsequently Colophon was built by the Ionians. (Paus. vii. 3. § 1, ix. 33. § 1; Tacit. Ann. ii. 54; Strab. xiv. p. 642; Virg. Aen. iii. 360; comp. Muller, Dor. ii. 2. § 7.) Clarius also occurs as a surname of Zeus, describing him as the god who distributes things by lot (klaros or klêros, Aeschyl. Suppl. 360). A hill near Tegea was sacred to Zeus under this name. (Paus. viii. 53. § 4.)

CO′RYDUS (Korudos), a surname of Apollo, under which the god had a temple eighty stadia from Corone, on the sea-coast. (Paus. iv. 34. § 4, &c.)

CY′NTHIUS and CY′NTHIA (Kunthia and Kunthios, surnames respectively of Artemis and Apollo, which they derived from mount Cynthus in the island of Delos, their birthplace. (Callim. Hymn. in Del. 10; Hor. Carm. i. 21. 2, iii. 28. 12; Lucan, i. 218.)

DAPHNAEUS and DAPHNAEA (Daphnaia and Daphnaios), surnames of Artemis and Apollo respectively, derived from daphnê, a laurel, which was sacred to Apollo. In the case of Artemis it is uncertain why she bore that surname, and it was perhaps merely an allusion to her statue being made of laurel-wood (Paus. iii. 24. § 6; Strab. xvi. p. 750; Philostr. Vit. Apollon. i. 16; Eutrop. vi. 11; Justin. xv. 4.)

DECATE′PHORUS (Dekatêphoros), that is, the god to whom the tenth part of the booty is dedicated, was a surname of Apollo at Megara. Pausanias (i. 42. § 5) remarks, that the statues of Apollo Pythius and Decatephorus at Megara resembled Egyptian sculptures.

DE′LIUS and DE′LIA (Dêlios and Dêlia or Dêlias), surnames of Apollo and Artemis respectively, which are derived from the island of Delos the birthplace of those two divinities. (Virg. Aen. vi. 12, Eclog. vii. 29; Val. Flacc. i. 446; Orph. Hymn. 33. 8.) They are likewise applied, especially in the plural, to other divinities that were worshipped in Delos, viz. Demeter, Aphrodite, and the nymphs. (Aristoph. Thesm. 333; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 169, Hymn. in Del. 323; Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. Del. 157.)

[DELPHINIUS and] DELPHI′NIA (Delphinia), a surname of Artemis at Athens. (Pollux, x. 119.) The masculine form Delphinius is used as a surname of Apollo, and is derived either from his slaying the dragon Delphine or Delphyne (usually called Python) who guarded the oracle at Pytho, or front his having shewn the Cretan colonists the way to Delphi, while riding on a dolphin or metamorphosing himself into a dolphin. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 208.) Under this name Apollo had temples at Athens, Cnossus in Crete, Didyma, and Massilia. (Paus. i. 19. § 1; Plut. Tiles. 14; Strab. iv. p. 179; Müller, Aeginet. p. 154.)

EPACTAEUS or EPA′CTIUS (Epaktaios or Epaktios), that is, the god worshipped on the coast, was used as a surname of Poseidon in Samos (Hesych. s. v.), and of Apollo. (Orph. Argon. 1296; Apollon. Rhod. i. 404.)

EPIBATE′RIUS (Epibatêrios), the god who conducts men on board a ship, a surname of Apollo, under which Diomedes on his return from Troy built him a temple at Troezene. (Paus. ii. 32. § 1.) In the same sense Apollo bore the surname of Embasios. (Apollon. Rhod. i. 404.)

EPICU′RIUS (Epikourios), the helper, a surname of Apollo, under which lie was worshipped at Bassae in Arcadia. Every year a wild boar was sacrificed to him in his temple on mount Lycaeus. He had received this surname because he had at one time delivered the country from a pestilence. (Paus. viii. 383. § 6, 41. § 5.)

EUTRESITES (Eutrêsitês), a surname of Apollo, derived from Eutresis, a place between Plataeae and Thespiae, where he had an ancient oracle. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Eutrêsis; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 268.)

GALA′XIUS (Galaxios), a surname of Apollo in Boeotia, derived from the stream Galaxius. (Procl. ap. Phot. p. 989; Müller, Orchom. p. 42, 2d edit.)

HEBDOMA′GETES (Hebdomagetês), a surname of Apollo, which was derived, according to some, from the fact of sacrifices being offered to him on the seventh of every month, the seventh of some month being looked upon as the god's birthday. Others connect the name with the fact that at the festivals of Apollo, the procession was led by seven boys and seven maidens. (Aeschyl. Sept. 804; Herod. vi. 57; Lobeck, Aglaoph. p. 434.)

HECAERGUS (Hekaergos), a surname of Apollo, of the same meaning as Hecaerge in the case of Artemis. (Hom. Il. i. 147.) Here too tradition has metamorphosed the attribute of the god into a distinct being, for Servius (ad Aen. xi. 532, 858) speaks of one Hacaergus as a teacher and priest of Apollo and Artemis.

HY′LATUS (Hulatos), a surname of Apollo derived from the town of Hyle in Crete, which was sacred to him. (Lycophr. 448, with Tzetzes' note; Steph. Byz. s. v. Hylê; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 596.)

INTONSUS, i.e. unshorn, a surname of Apollo and Bacchus, alluding to the eternal youth of these gods, as the Greek youths allowed their hair to grow until they attained the age of manhood, though in the case of Apollo it may also allude to his being the god of the sun, whence the long floating hair would indicate the rays of the sun. (Hom. Il. xx. 39, Hymn. in Apoll. 134; Horat. Epod. xv. 9; Tibull. i. 4. 34; Ov. Met. iii. 421, Amor. i. 14. 31; Martial, iv. 45.)

ISME′NIUS (Ismenios). A surname of Apollo at Thebes, who had a temple on the river Ismenus. (Paus. ii. 10. § 4, iv. 27. § 4, ix. 10. §§ 2, 5.) The sanctuary of the god, at which the Daphnephoria was celebrated, bore the name of Ismenium, and was situated outside the city.

ISO′DETES (Isodetês), from deô, the god who binds all equally, is used as a surname of Pluto, to express his impartiality (Hesych. s. v.), and of Apollo. (Bekker, Anecdot. p. 267.)

I′XIUS (Ixios), a surname of Apollo, derived from a district of the island of Rhodes which was called Ixiae or Ixia. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Ixiai ; comp. Strab. xiv. p. 655.)

LAPHRAEUS (Laphraios), a surname of Apollo at Calydon. (Strab. x. p. 459, where, however, some read Lathrios.)

LEUCA′DIUS (Leukasios), a son of Icarius and Polycaste, and a brother of Penelope and Alyzeus. Leucas was believed to have derived its name from him. (Strab. x. pp. 452, 461.) Leucadius or Leucates also occurs as a surname of Apollo, which he derived from a temple in Leucas. (Strab. l. c.; Ov. Trist. iii. 1. 42; Propert. iii. 11. 69; comp. Thuc. iii. 94; Serv. ad Aen. iii. 274.)

LIBYSTI′NUS, that is, the Libyan, a surname under which Apollo was worshipped by the Sicilians, because he was believed to have destroyed by a pestilence a Libyan fleet which sailed against Sicily. (Macrob. Sat. i. 17.)

LOE′MIUS (Loimios), the deliverer from plague (Loimos), was a surname of Apollo at Lindus in Rhodes. (Macrob. Sat. i. 17.)

LO′XIAS (Loxias), a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from his intricate and ambiguous oracles (loxa), but it is unquestionably connected with the verb Legein, and describes the god as the prophet or interpreter of Zeus. (Herod. i. 91, viii. 136; Aeschyl. Eum. 19; Aristoph. Plut. 8; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 794; Macrob. Sat. i. 17.)

LYCE′GENES (Lukêgenês), a surname of Apollo, describing him either as the god born in Lycia, or as the god born of light. (Hom. Il. iv. 101, 119 ;comp. LYCEIUS.)

LYCEIUS (Lukeios), a surname of Apollo, the meaning of which is not quite certain, for some derive it from lukos, a wolf, so that it would mean "the wolf-slayer;" others from lukê, light, according to which it would mean "the giver of light;" and others again from the country of Lycia. There are indeed passages in the ancient writers by which each of these three derivations may be satisfactorily proved. As for the derivation from Lycia, we know that he was worshipped at mount Cragus and Ida in Lycia; but he was also worshipped at Lycoreia on mount Parnassus, at Sicyon (Paus. ii. 9. § 7), Argos (ii. 19. § 3), and Athens (i. 19. § 4). In nearly all cases, moreover, where the god appears with this name, we find traditions concerning wolves. Thus the descendants of Deucalion, who founded Lycoreia, followed a wolf's roar; Latona came to Delos as a she-wolf, and she was conducted by wolves to the river Xanthus; wolves protected the treasures of Apollo; and near the great altar at Delphi there stood an iron wolf with inscriptions. (Paus. x. 14. § 4.) The attack of a wolf upon a herd of cattle occasioned the worship of Apollo Lyceius at Argos (Plut. Pyrrh. 32; comp. Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 124); and the Sicyonians are said to have been taught by Apollo in what manner they should get rid of wolves. (Paus. ii. 19. § 3.) In addition to all this, Apollo is called lukoktonos. (Soph. Elect. 7; Paus. ii. 9. § 7; Hesych. s. v.) Apollo, by the name of Lyceius, is therefore generally characterised as the destroyer. (Müller, Dor. ii. 6. § 8.)

LY′CIUS (Lukios), i. e. the Lycian, a surname of Apollo, who was worshipped in several places of Lycia, and had a sanctuary and oracle at Patara in Lycia. (Pind. Pyth. i. 39; Propert. iii. 1. 38; Virg. Aen. iv. 143, 346, 377.) It must, however, be observed, that Lycius is often used in the sense of Lyceius, and in allusion to his being the slayer of wolves. (Comp. Serv. ad Aen. iv. 377, who gives several other explanations of the name; Paus. ii. 9. § 7, 19. § 3; Philostr. Her. x. 4; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 354.)

LYCO′REUS (Lukôreus). A surname of Apollo, perhaps in the same sense as Lyceius; but he is usually so called with reference to Lycoreia, on Mount Parnassus. (Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1490; Callim. Hymn. in Apoll. 19; Orph. Hymn. 33. 1.)

MALEATES (Maleatês), a surname of Apollo, derived from cape Malea, in the south of Laconia. He had sanctuaries under this name at Sparta and on mount Cynortium. (Paus. iii. 12. § 7, ii. 27, in fin.)

MARMARINUS (Marmarinos), i.e. the god of marble, a surname of Apollo, who had a sanctuary in the marble quarries at Carystus. (Strab. x. p. 446; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 281.)

[MALLOEIS and] MELUS (Mêlos). A son of Manto, from whom the sanctuary of Apollo Malloeis in Lesbos was believed to have derived its name. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Malloeis.)

MOIRA′GETES (Moiragetês), the guide or leader of fate, occurs as a surname of Zeus and Apollo at Delphi. (Paus. x. 24. § 4.)

MUSA′GETES. [MUSAE.]

NO′MIUS (Noumios), a surname of divinities protecting the pastures and shepherds, such as Apollo, Pan. Hermes, and Aristaeus. (Aristoph. Thesmoph. 983; Anthol. Palat. ix. 217; Callim. Hymn. in Apoll. 47.)

ONCAEUS (Onkaios), a surname of Apollo, derived from Oncesium on the river Ladon in Arcadia, where he had a temple. (Paus. viii. 25. § 5, &c.)

PAEAN (Paian, Paiêôn or Paiôn), that is, "the healing," is according to Homer the designation of the physician of the Olympian gods, who heals, for example, the wounded Ares and Hades. (Il. v. 401, 899.) After the time of Homer and Hesiod, the word Paian becomes a surname of Asclepius, the god who had the power of healing. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1494; Virg. Aen. vii. 769.) The name was, however, used also in the more general sense of deliverer from any evil or calamity (Pind. Pyth. iv. 480), and was thus applied to Apollo and Thanatos, or Death, who are conceived as delivering men from the pains and sorrows of life. (Soph. Oed. Tyr. 154 ; Paus. i. 34. § 2 ; Eurip. Hippol. 1373.) With regard to Apollo and Thanatos however, the name may at the same time contain an allusion to paiein, to strike, since both are also regarded as destroyers. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 137.) From Apollo himself the name Paean was transferred to the song dedicated to him, that is, to hymns chanted to Apollo for the purpose of averting an evil, and to warlike songs, which were sung before or during a battle.

PAGASAEUS (Pagasaios), i. e. the Pagasaean, from Pegasus, or Pegasae, a town in Thessaly, is a surname of Apollo, who there had a sanctuary said to have been built by Trophonius (Hes. Scut. Herc. 70, with the Schol.), and of lason, because the ship Argo was said to have been built at Pagasus. (Ov. Het. vii. 1, Her. xvi. 345.)

PALATI′NUS, a surname of Apollo at Rome, where Augustus, in commemoration of the battle of Actium, dedicated a temple to the god on the Palatine hill, in which subsequently a library was established. (Dion Cass. liii. 1; Horat. Carm. i. 31, Epist. i. 3. 17; Propert. iv. 6. 11; Ov. Ars Am. iii. 389.)

PARNO′PIUS (Paruopios), i.e. the expeller of locusts (paruôps), a surname of Apollo, under which he had a statue on the acropolis at Athens. (Paus. i. 24. § 8.)

PARRHA′SIUS (Parrastos). A surname of Apollo, who had a sanctuary on Mount Lyceius, where an annual festival was celebrated to him as the epicurius, that is, the helper. (Paus. viii. 38. §§ 2, 6.)

PATAREUS (Patareus), a surname of Apollo, derived from the Lycian town of Patara, where he had an oracle, and where, according to Servius (ad Aen. iv. 143), the god used to spend the six winter months in every year. (Hor. Carm. iii. 4. 64; Lycoph. 920; Herod. i. 162; Strab. xiv. p. 665, &c.; Paus. ix. 41. § 1.)

PHILE′SIUS (Philêsios, a surname of Apollo at Didyma, where Branchus was said to have founded a sanctuary of the god, and to have introduced his worship. (Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 8; comp. BRANCHUS.)

PHOEBUS (Phoibos), i.e. the shining, pure or bright, occurs both as an epithet and a name of Apollo, in his capacity of god of the sun. (Hom. Il. i. 43, 443; Virg. Aen. iii. 251; Horat. Carm. iii. 21, 24; Macrob. Sat. i. 17; comp. APOLLO, HELIOS.) Some ancients derived the name from Apollo's grandmother Phoebe. (Aeschyl. Eum. 8.)

PHY′XIUS (Phuzios), i. e., the god who protects fugitives, occurs as a surname of Zeus in Thessaly (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 1147, iv. 699; Paus. ii. 21. § 3, iii. 17. § 8), and of Apollo. (Philostr. Her. x. 4.)

PY′THIUS (Puthios), the Pythian, from Pytho, the ancient name of Delphi, often occurs as a surname of Apollo, whose oracle was at Delphi. (Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. 373; Aeschyl. Agam. 521 ; Horat. Carm. i. 16. 6; Tac. Hist. iv. 83.)

SALGANEUS (Salganeus), a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Salganeus in Boeotia. (Steph. Byz. s. v.; comp. Strab. ix. p. 403.)

[SARPEDONIUS and] SARPEDO′NIA (Sarpêdonia), a surname of Artemis, derived from cape Sarpedon in Cilicia, where she had a temple with an oracle. (Strab. xiv, p. 676.) The masculine Sarpedonius occurs as a surname of Apollo in Cilicia. (Zosim. i. 57.)

SMINTHEUS (Smintheus), a surname of Apollo, which is derived by some from sminthos, a mouse, and by others from the town of Sminthe in Troas (Horn. Il. i. 3.9; Ov. Fast. vi. 425, Met. xii. 585 ; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 34). The mouse was regarded by the ancients as inspired by the vapours arising from the earth, and as the symbol of prophetic power. In the temple of Apollo at Chryse there was a statue of the god by Scopas, with a mouse under its foot (Strab. xiii. p. 604, &c.; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 34), and on coins Apollo is represented carrying a mouse in his hands (Müller, Ancient Art and its Rem. § 361, note 5). Temples of Apollo Sminthens and festivals (Smintheia) existed in several parts of Greece, as at Tenedos, near Hamaxitos in Aeolis, near Parion, at Lindos in Rhodes, near Coressa, and in other places. (Strab. x. p 486, xiii. pp. 604, 605.)

SPO′DIUS (Spodios), a surname of Apollo at Thebes, derived from spodos, ashes, because his altar consisted of the ashes of the victims which had been sacrificed to him. (Paus. ix. 11. § 5.)

TEGYRE′IUS (Tegurêios), a surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Tegyra in Boeotia. where, according to some traditions, the god had been born. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Tegura ; Plut. Pelop. 8.)

TELMI′SSIUS (Telmissios), a surname of Apollo derived from the Lycian town of Telnissus or Telmessus. (Cic. de Div. i. 41; Steph. Byz. s. v. galeôtai; Strab. xv. p. 665.)

TEMENITES (Temenitês), a surname of Apollo, derived from his sacred temenus in the neighbourhood of Syracuse. (Steph. Byz. s. v. ; Sueton. Tib. 74; Thuc. vi. 75, 100.)

THEOXE′NIUS (Theoxenios), a surname of Apollo and Hermes. (Paus. vii. 27. § 2; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. ix. 146, Nem. x. 32.) Respecting the festival of the Theoxenia, see Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

THYMBRAEUS (Thumbraios). A surname of Apollo, derived from a place in Troas called Thymbra, where he had a temple in which Achilles was wounded, or from a neighboring hill of the same name. (Strab. xiii. p. 598; Steph. Byz. s. v. Thumbra; Eurip. Rhes. 224 ; Serv. ad Aen. iii. 85 ; Hom. Il. x. 430.)

[ZOSTERIUS and] ZOSTE′RIA (Zôstêria), a surname of Athena among the Epicnemidian Locrians. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Zôstêr; comp. Herod. viii. 107.) The masculine form Zosterius occurs as a surname of Apollo in Attica, on the slip of land stretching into the sea between Phaleron and Sunium. (Steph. Byz. l. c.)

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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After the helicopter left her in this unknown territory, Alexis first hid her rifle and walkie in a small hole under a tree she marked with three circles. She knew she couldn’t appear at a new community without any marks on her, cause otherwise her little runaway story wouldn’t really convince anyone probably. Especially not this community she heard so much about beforehand. With one of her silver knives she cut her jeans and accidentally slid her ankle what made her cuss first, but then she thought it would probably be even more convincing with some blood spread on her hands and leg. Hissing off the pain she continued walking, one knife in each hand and fastening the pace to seem even more exhausted whenever she would arrive.

Luckily it didn’t take long until she heard footsteps, lurking between the trees and making her frown.

Focus. Remember your mission. You ran away, lost your friends, you search a new shelter. You’re all alone, you’re helpless and you definitely never heard of something called CRM.

Stumbling forward and landing on the ground, she faked her panting nearly as well as she learnt back then on the acting school her parents sent her to and looked over her shoulder like she would still be followed. “Hey... hey you. I... I’m sorry I... I don’t know where I am cause I kept running for two nights now and all I need is a shelter.” Her eyes went up to the other lady and it got obvious she was facing a tough one here. That’s why she did her best to make her eyes tear up to look even more devastated.

You’re gonna be a great actor one day, she heard her mother saying and probably was a bit proud of herself here.

“Please, please can you help me?” Her right hand wrapped around the woman’s ankle to hold onto her, waiting if her acting was good enough for now or... for her.

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“ something wrong? ” Magna

Morning after starters from here (accepting)

The next morning weighed heavy on her heart and chest like stones. Her first glare over to the girl next to her revealed that this wasn’t a dream, it was reality and Alexis just woke to the bitter truth of it. She shouldn’t have stayed here. Shouldn’t have lost herself in Magnas eyes and the way she tasted on her lips.

Usually Alexis was the one leaving first in the morning or better said kicking the other out as soon as she got satisfied. But this wasn’t her place, not even was it Magnas really. But Alexis was a guest in this town. An intruder. A city she should manipulate for her own good and goals and now she broke one of the countless rules she should have followed and couldn’t. But why? What made her even stay?

“Something wrong?”

Magnas voice broke the silence and interrupted Alexis’ endless staring at her, probably even made her flush lightly as she broke their eye contact. “No, nothing.” she replied with a soft smile and crawled closer, her hand reaching out for the other woman’s face to stripe the strains of her thick hair away from her dark eyes.

Images of the last night crossed her mind, the way Magnas long hair fell into her face as she sat on top of her and pleased her so nicely with her skilled fingers. It didn’t happen often to a woman like Alex to be the one being pleased, since she loved giving pleasure herself, especially to others. And no matter if with a woman or a man, girls always had bigger struggles to own a wild one like Alex although she definitely needed it in that way. Yesterday she allowed Magna to take the lead and it was one of the biggest compliments she could make and still something she probably shouldn’t have done. Not here.

“You’re beautiful, Mag. And last night... was too.” Carefully she leaned forward to kiss the woman’s forehead, just to swallow the ‘but’ which wanted to come up from her throat and tell her about the doubts that screamed in the back of her mind. She was close to telling her about her mission, her reason why she was here and that she lied to her. But just like yesterday during her climax which made her gasp so softly and luckily unable to speak, she swallowed it. Magna shouldn’t worry, she shouldn’t ask and Alexis shouldn’t hurt her. Not now. Not yet. She just wanted to enjoy this moment and live in a bubble for a few hours more.

“Want me to make coffee?”

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“You’re the kind of crazy I don’t want to deal with.” Magna

Alexis brow raised in surprise to that allegation, but instead of being hurt, her lips formed into a smirk and she let out a disparaging scoff. That woman indeed had balls, didn’t she? Or was she really smart enough to look through Alexis lies?

“Is that so?”

Stepping closer she pointed right at her chest, her head tilting, watching her like a prey. Or an enemy? “Aren’t you the crazy one here? You are the one running around in circles like a hunted puppy who tries to escape her ex while you’re acting like you’re so over it. In fact you’re just a coward, pushing everyone away to prove how strong you are when you are desperately in need for comfort. An ally. I could have been that for you, you know?”

Maybe she was exaggerating here since she was exactly the opposite of an ally to anyone around here. But still something told her that this woman was just as lost as her, felt like an outcast just like her and maybe under different circumstances they could have been real allies, even if Alexis of course wasn’t allowed to connect to anyone here. But wait... there was nothing mentioned in her rules that she couldn’t get involved with someone, it was just suggested to her she should keep her distance to make her mission easier. But in the end it was her decision after all, wasn’t it? And yes, somehow she didn’t want to apply the same rules on Magna like she did for anyone else. They were alike and it was hard to find a stubborn headstrong female in a world like this where everyone got used to be protected by ‘strong men’. Fucking ridiculous.

“I might be crazy. But then you’re just as crazy as me, darlin’.” Reaching out for Magnas left hand she lifted it by her wrist and sent a knowing glare to the bandage. “I know what you’re hiding under there. And did I ever judge or blame you for it? Cause I don’t think so.” Alexis dealt with enough prisoners in her past to recognize someone hiding their tattoos from this time all too well and in fact it never scared her, on the contrary. Somehow it made her more interesting than most of these lame people around. Interesting and exciting.

“Go ahead, call me crazy. But next time look in the mirror and ask yourself if you’re not the same like me and better start using that word in bed. Crazy people are good to fuck, you know?” With a wink she let go of her wrist and slid her fingertip lightly over her cheek like in a threat, maybe just to tease her, maybe just to lure her out of her hard shell which she tried to protect so desperately. But whatever, Alexis liked a good challenge. She liked games, especially coming from a strong woman like she was herself and hoped Magna would find that strength in herself soon enough too, after Yumiko seemed to have broken a part of her. Alexis would love that woman to reveal her true self to her and make her more proud instead of listening to any of her sweet allegations, even if it was entertaining. At least that.

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(💔) My muse help washes blood off your muse. — from Magna

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“Fuck. You look terrible.” Alex asserted as she stepped into the bathroom where Magna was still standing in front of the mirror with her hands clinging to the sink. While she stepped closer she noticed the scent of guts and blood, one hand waving in front of her nose to tease the other woman. “And you smell terrible.” At least they both could chuckle for a moment and Alex’ hands ran along Magnas shoulders to stripe her messy hair to her back and grabbed it in a ponytail to pull her head closer to hers as she spoke into her ear and looked at her in the mirror. “Come. I join you.”

She let go of her hair and pulled her own shirt over her head as if it was the most usual thing before taking Magnas hand to pull her towards the shower with her. You could say about Alexandria what you wanted but their showers were really great and big enough for two.

After starting to run the water Alex turnt around with her exposed chest and grinned, her hands now opening her pants to get rid of them next. “If you don’t hurry I’ll wash you with your clothes. Wouldn’t recommend that.” To encourage her more and by using the short distraction of her own naked body presented like this, she grabbed Magnas dirty and ripped apart shirt to pull it over her head and gestured with her head back.

“Come, don’t be so prudish. Water is ready. I assume you might have seen a naked woman before. Oh and: no pants in the shower.” With a wink she pointed at her still muddy jeans and then turnt around to take the shower handle, waiting for Magna to finally join her so she could lead the water over her back, her hands rubbing the soap all over her skin. Magna stabilized herself against the wall, her chin lowered as Alex muttered “your back is fine now. You can either finish alone or I’ll help you further. But then… you gotta turn around.” Magnas head looked up to stare back at Alex’ amused grin over her shoulder but before she could answer Alex added “what will it be, sunshine?”

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🎁 - from magna

You make me feel like I'm a whore

Like I'm the one who's there to bore you now

It's always gonna be this way

Get the fuck away

'Cause I can't seem to show you what you wanna see

I can never give you anything you need

I'm sick of wasting time on what can never be

I cannot control you into wanting me

You always wanna steal the light

By stepping on the ones who fight for you

It's always gonna be the same

I hate what you are

I'll break you and leave you scarred

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“What do you even want from me? Didn’t you have enough by now, huh? When is it finally enough for you, Magna?” To say Alex was angry wasn’t even enough, she felt disgraced by Magnas stubborn behavior, by the way she treated her when others were around. Sometimes the only thing left she felt was rage, absolute hate towards her acting like a queen coming into a castle that was just built for her while Alex had to work so hard to get accepted in this community.

Yes, Magna was a leader herself while Alex always used to be a lone wolf and had to adjust to live with others in a community like Rick and his people built, but she made it. She got accepted and Magna who showed up way later didn’t even know what she went through to be here. To be in the position she was in now, a part of the council.

Of course Alex knew from the first look that she would feel drawn to her, that’s why she didn’t join the first hearing as well. She saw the darkness of her past in the way she looked, in the way she moved and how much guilt she put on her shoulders just like she saw it with Rick who also took the leading role way too seriously, but Magna? She had a whole different level of building walls around herself and Alex knew it would probably not make sense to try to pull them down. She wanted to, she tried, but all she got was the rejection, the mistrust, the suspicious glares Magna loved to give and all of it just made it more clear what Alex liked so much about her: she actually found a lot of herself in her, parts of herself she never admitted to have no thought she lost. The strength, the will to fight, the sense to defend her people with everything she had, the confidence. Maybe that was also the reason why Magna kept pushing her away because they were too alike, but Alex was done to question it. Done with fighting for someone’s attention who had apparently nothing else than disappointment left for this world.

“So…” angrily Alex ran her hand through her hair and looked over her shoulder from the kitchen cabinet she was standing at, since she could have a nice view over the town. “…why are you here? I’m tired. Too tired for this.”

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For a moment Alex just listened while sipping on her drink. It was unusual for her to listen instead of talking, but since she got surprised my Magnas sudden open truth, she guessed it was only fair to give her respect for it. “See that’s what I’m talking about. I drink to that.” She raised her glass with a smirk and drowned the rest of the whisky in one gulp, followed by a hiss and a shake of her head. Damn she really missed drinking wine.

“See, you gotta understand something.” Her arms rested on the table before she leaned forward, nearly whispering her next words to make sure Magna would really listen. “You gotta figure out when it makes sense to be silent and when not. Being brought into a new community you seek shelter in is not the right place to lie. And I’m not someone to judge you, no one in here is. Besides some people who like to paint themselves in a perfect light that doesn’t even exist anymore. We all know we crossed lines and made mistakes but hell we’re still here, aren’t we? And that does mean something. At least I wanna think that.” Alex shrugged and leaned back into her chair before throwing her legs onto the table.

“Some of these people think they’re so flawless that they would even make a big deal of me doing this even if they all should know that it’s just a fucking table and we’re living in an apocalypse. How ironic is that? I don’t think that anyone of us used to run through woods to kill dead walking bodies before and many didn’t even think they could. And still we all had to do it at some point. And that asshole obviously fucking deserved it and I wouldn’t want to share this world with bastards like him. If it would have been me, I would probably still wear his cock around my neck. Even if that might be a bit disgusting when I know think about it.” With a frown she suddenly shook her limbs in disgust and released an ewww sound from her lips. “If you wanna hear my opinion and let’s be honest who doesn’t want to hear that one? It’s pretty impressive you made it that long out there. Have you never been in a community before? All the time on the road? I mean… you gotta be a fucking badass to lead them through that. Unless your group started with a hundred people, but I don’t guess so.”

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Magna wasn’t one to respond well to being told what to do. While within her group, they usually took a vote on any decisions that needed to be made, worked as a team, she liked to think of herself as the leader of sorts. So when they had arrived here at Alexandria, after being saved by Judith, and had faced nothing but hostility and suspicion from Michonne mainly, it was safe to say that it had left a SOUR taste in her mouth. Don’t mistake, she was grateful for the good that these people had done for them too, but even after her trial, she felt as though she was constantly being looked at like a piece of DIRT on the bottom of their shoes.

It seemed as though alongside Michonne, Alexis seemed to have a problem with her too, and Magna was beginning to reach the end of her tether with the way she was being looked at.

She couldn’t help the frustrated scoff that left her, head turning away for a moment because she couldn’t quite believe the other woman. Yes, Magna had made mistakes in her past, but she was quite sure that almost everyone had done much WORSE in this world now. Yet Magna was apparently the black sheep. “ I wanna know why you’ve got such a problem with me. ” She answered finally, looking over at the other, head tilting as arms crossed over her chest. “ I get the whole… Being wary of new people but… You people treat me like I’m public enemy number one. ”

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Alex couldn’t believe this. This woman was really seeking for trouble apparently or why was she confronting her right now as if she was owing her something? No, Alex didn’t owe anything to anyone and especially not to Magna who came here as an intruder confronting the other badass lady in town with her own weakness by shutting herself off. Magna tried to do the same thing and she was like the walking representative of what Alex tried to hide or give up for the community to fit in. She hated it, cause for her it seemed to work.

“What my problem is?” she asked in her sassy tone and walked towards Magna with her hands now on her hips. “First of all don’t drag the others into this, they are good people and they have been nothing but kind to you and your friends. Michonne? Well I can’t speak for her here but I can speak for myself. I worked with people like you.” With her hand she gestured at Magnas tattooed and bandaged hand and raised a brow on her. “If you’re being the badass bitch you wanna play around here, at least stand up for what you are and don’t hide it like a fucking coward. People like you have a big mouth but when it comes to being confronted without a big group in your back, you chicken out.”

It was a guess at least but Alex couldn’t properly explain her why she hated seeing herself in her so much. No that would be too personal. With a sigh she walked around the dinner table and sat down on one of the chairs, crossing her legs and arms. “Sit. Sit and tell me something real. Not that stupid bullshit show you try to keep up. Maybe I change my mind about you. You need a drink for that?”

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Magna wasn’t one to respond well to being told what to do. While within her group, they usually took a vote on any decisions that needed to be made, worked as a team, she liked to think of herself as the leader of sorts. So when they had arrived here at Alexandria, after being saved by Judith, and had faced nothing but hostility and suspicion from Michonne mainly, it was safe to say that it had left a SOUR taste in her mouth. Don’t mistake, she was grateful for the good that these people had done for them too, but even after her trial, she felt as though she was constantly being looked at like a piece of DIRT on the bottom of their shoes.

It seemed as though alongside Michonne, Alexis seemed to have a problem with her too, and Magna was beginning to reach the end of her tether with the way she was being looked at.

She couldn’t help the frustrated scoff that left her, head turning away for a moment because she couldn’t quite believe the other woman. Yes, Magna had made mistakes in her past, but she was quite sure that almost everyone had done much WORSE in this world now. Yet Magna was apparently the black sheep. “ I wanna know why you’ve got such a problem with me. ” She answered finally, looking over at the other, head tilting as arms crossed over her chest. “ I get the whole… Being wary of new people but… You people treat me like I’m public enemy number one. ”

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“A trap? What kind of trap should that be, hm? You see any walkies on me which I could use to contact someone and reveal my badass plans?” Raising her arms she was sliding her hands through her pockets to reveal they were empty and she had nothing else than her knifes, which she now threw in front of her feet.

“Here. If you don’t trust me, fine. You guys must have run into a lot of assholes in the past and believe me I did too. But unless you don’t see anything or anyone around us who could team up with me to... take out your community, you should at least give it a try.”

Her eyes were piercing into Magnas now, trying to keep her strong and determined facade which she built over years, but it got pretty obvious that this woman wasn’t one to easily prank and it was good this way. You need to turn cold like ice in a world like this, otherwise you wouldn’t survive and Magna did survive. Until now.

“I survived cause I’m a good fighter. Don’t tell me you never made it out somewhere alone cause you look a lot like someone being capable of defending their own ass, besides protecting yourself from that man or woman who broke your heart obviously.” It was a random guess but one which fit to a lot of people in this world, even now after everything went to shit cause love was something finding you in the strangest ways. And Magna definitely wasn’t a happy bunny coming home to a warm bed filled with a lover considering her mood.

“Give me a chance, sweetheart. I’m not gonna ruin your reputation, I swear. And if I do, you can still kill me. I promise you’ll always have the prior claim to punish me, deal?” Well, at least Alexis wouldn’t mind to be slapped by that hands, that was a fact.

Magna listened to the woman speak. A year ago she would have walked away and not looked back. Magna really didn’t have time for other people’s shit. Plus trusting people in this world was dangerous; they had learned that all too well with Lydia and the whisperers. So yes she hadn’t left the woman on the side of the road. But that didn’t mean she was a fool. This was all too convenient. What woman who had supposedly been the lone survivor of an attack looking so great. Crossing her arms across her chest Magna looked Alexis up and down. 

“My name is Magna.. And wait you want me to believe that you just by luck survived a walker attack without even a scratch. You heard about communities… let’s say I take you back to my community if I even have one.. How do I know this isn’t a trap? Give me one reason to trust you Alexis.. Give me one reason and I won’t just walk away… or kill you where you stand.”

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Well, the woman wasn’t as dumb as she looked like and Alexis surely didn’t mind a little challenge with other women calling out bullshit for what it was. Still she had to improvise now, cause that’s surely not how she planned that.

Her look shifted from the whiny girl to a surprised glare as she let go of her ankle and tilted her head to look into her eyes. Yeah, definitely a fighter. Or that’s how at least her intense glare and the knife on her belt looked like. “Fine, Fine. I tell you who I am.” And you better make it quick cause that woman definitely had seen better days and wasn’t up for joking apparently. But never mind, Alexis was neither.

Raising both hands in defence she slowly went back on her feet, but the hurt ankle still made her hiss, what she tried to overplay. “My name is Alexis Vaughn. I’m...” with a sigh and a roll of her eyes she let her hands sink and tilted her head with a shrug. “You know what? You’re right, no bullshit cause you definitely look like a ‘no bullshit’ lady. I’m not running from anyone. Not anymore. But I was dumb enough to hurt my ankle on the run here. I thought you probably won’t believe me when I tell you I’m out here alone. You would ask how I made it that far and blah blah. Long story short: our little camp was overrun by some skin freaks a while ago. Took out my people. So I’m the only one left.” Yeah, she heard about that strange herd overrunning their area, cause they were watching the place with helicopters for a while now. And it wasn’t even a lie that her camp was overrun too. It was, just that it was years ago before she even joined the CRM. And yes, she was the only one left back then. At least after her parents got shot too. Good old method acting at least felt way more natural than her faked whiny appearance.

“We heard about communities. We wanted to find you. But it’s just me left so...” gesturing at herself she shrugged again. “I thought maybe I can join you. Be a good help or anything. But... if you don’t take strangers in I get it. But I bet my ass that a badass sweetheart like you wasn’t behind protecting walls all the time either right after this shit started, weren’t you? So... you maybe get my application here.” Her eyes scanned the other lady again, from her long curly hair down to her tattooed chest and her covered hand. Yes she definitely wasn’t a weak girl needing protection and could survive a few weeks on the road, so maybe they had a similarity here. “What’s your name by the way?”

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Magna had been spending as much time as she possibly could away from Alexandria. They had rebuilt after the Whisperer war they were together there now.. IT was home but Magna hated it. She hated being so close to Yumiko, lately she just hated people. So whenever there was a run or something that took her beyond the wall she was first to sign up for it. Anything to avoid facing what she lost every day. She had been heading back from Oceanside when she heard someone calling for her attention then falling to the ground in a pretty good act of desperation. 

But Magna had been in jail and lived thirteen years in this world. She knew a faker when she saw one. However fake and desperate or not Magna wasn’t going to leave someone alone when they were asking for help. “Look I will help you but you need to cut the shit. Tell me who you really are or I will keep waking.”

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