Apomyius
Apomyius (Ancient Greek: Ἀπομυιος), Greek for driving away the flies, was an epithet of Zeus at Olympia.
On one occasion, when Heracles was offering a sacrifice to Zeus at Olympia, he was annoyed by hosts of flies, and in order to get rid of them, he offered a sacrifice to Zeus Apomyius, whereupon the flies withdrew across the river Alpheius. From that time the Eleans sacrificed to Zeus under this name.
It was customary to sacrifice a bull to Zeus Apomyius at the ancient Olympic Games, in order to drive away the flies that plagued those events.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apomyius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 247.
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