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Alexicacus

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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was an appellation under which Neptune was worshipped. by the tunny- fishers, that their nets might not be torn by the sword-fish. It was also an epithet of Apollo in Athens, given him for having freed the city from a spreading pestilence.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Alexicacus'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/alexicacus.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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