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  • He invoked Aristaeus, that is, the son of Apollo and Cyrene, whom Hesiod calls ‘the shepherd Apollo.’

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • 14: He invoked Aristaeus, that is, the son of Apollo and Cyrene, whom Hesiod calls 'the shepherd

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1915. from an account of the response the shepherd Aristaeus receives after he complains to Cyrene of the many woes that have befallen him:

    Historical References to the Oceanides 2008

  • There I saw Autonoe, that bare Actaeon on a day to Aristaeus, and Ino with her, still ranging the oak-groves in their unhappy frenzy; but one told me that that Agave, was rushing wildly hither, nor was it idly said, for there I see her, sight of woe!

    The Bacchantes 2008

  • Macris, the daughter of Aristaeus, lord of honey, who discovered the works of bees and the fatness of the olive, the fruit of labour.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Go, daughter, to the house of Aristaeus, [*] [* Another large lacuna follows.]

    The Bacchantes 2008

  • Aristaeus whom the Haemonians, rich in corn-land, call

    The Argonautica 2008

  • There I saw Autonoe, that bare Actaeon on a day to Aristaeus, and Ino with her, still ranging the oak-groves in their unhappy frenzy; but one told me that that Agave, was rushing wildly hither, nor was it idly said, for there I see her, sight of woe!

    The Bacchantes 2008

  • Go, daughter, to the house of Aristaeus, [*] [* Another large lacuna follows.]

    The Bacchantes 2008

  • Autonoe whom long haired Aristaeus wedded, and Polydorus also in rich-crowned Thebe.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

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