# Apotropaei

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'''Apotropaei''' ({{langx|el|Ἀποτρόπαιοι}}) were in [ancient Greece](/source/ancient_Greece) certain divinities, by whose assistance the Greeks believed that they were able to avert any threatening danger or calamity—that is, figures of [apotropaic magic](/source/apotropaic_magic). Their statues stood at [Sicyon](/source/Sicyon) near the tomb of [Epopeus](/source/Epopeus_of_Sicyon).<ref>[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''Description of Greece'' 2.11.2</ref> The gods [Apollo](/source/Apollo), [Zeus](/source/Zeus) and [Athena](/source/Athena) were worshiped with the cult epithet ''Apotropaios'' (Averter) in various Greek cities.<ref>SEG 21:541; SEG 18, 478</ref> The [ancient Romans](/source/ancient_Rome) likewise worshipped gods of this kind, and called them ''dii averrunci'', derived from ''averruncare''.<ref>[Marcus Terentius Varro](/source/Marcus_Terentius_Varro), ''De Lingua Latina'' 7.102</ref><ref>[Aulus Gellius](/source/Aulus_Gellius), ''Attic Nights'' 5.12</ref>

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