sminthus

Updated: May 11, 2025

If there were local mice tribes, deriving their name from the worshipful mouse, certain towns settled by these tribes would retain a reverence for mice. Strabo speaks of two places deriving their name from Sminthus, or mouse, near the Sminthian temple, and others near Larissa. Here, then, are a number of localities in which the Mouse Apollo was adored, and where the old mouse-name lingered.

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