Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Acesius

by William Smith

ACE'SIUS (Ἀκέσιος), 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 ἀκέστωρ and ἀλεξίκακος, characterised the god as the averter of evil. (Pans. vi. 24. § 5.)[L. S.]