In Greek mythology, Acratopotes (Ancient Greek: Ἀκρατοπότης), the drinker of unmixed(as in not diluted with water) wine, was a hero worshiped in Munychia in Attica.[1] According to Pausanias, who calls him simply Acratus, he was one of the divine companions of Dionysus,[2] who was worshiped at Attica.[3] Pausanias saw his image at Athens in the house of Polytion, where it was fixed in the wall.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Polemo, ap. Athen. ii. p. 39
  2. ^ Similar in name to Dionysus Acratophorus, the "unmixed wine" epithet by which Dionysus was worshiped in Phigaleia in Arcadia.
  3. ^ Pausanias, i. 2. § 4
  4. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Acratopotes", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 14((citation)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acratopotes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.


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