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APOLLONIA

Volume 3 · 55 words · 1860 Edition

an ancient city of Illyricum, near the mouth of the Avus, distinguished as a seat of learning towards the end of the Roman republic. This name was also borne by many other places.

a propitiatory festival solemnized at Sicyon in honour of Apollo and Artemis (Diana), to avert a pestilence. Paus. ii. 7. § 7.