LC control no. | no2021077912 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Aristaeus (Greek deity) |
Variant(s) | Aristaios (Greek deity) Ἀρισταιο̃ς (Greek deity) |
Associated country | Greece |
Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
Found in | Virgil. Aristaeus : a story excerpted from Vergil's Georgics, 1986. Brill's New Pauly online, June 28, 2021 (Aristaeus; Ἀριστταιο̃ς = Aristaios; Greek rural deity; linked with sheep, the discovery of olive oil and honey, hunting, healing, prophecy and the ending of a period of drought on Ceos (cf. Apoll. Rhod. 2,500 ff.)). Theoi.com WWW site, June 28, 2021 (Aristaios (Aristaeus) was the rustic god of shepherds and cheesemaking, beekeeping, honey and honey-mead, olive growing and oil milling, medicinal herbs, hunting, and the Etesian winds which provided some respite from the scorching heat of midsummer) |
Invalid LCCN | sh 86008057 |