In Greek mythology, Acratopotes ( Ancient Greek: Ἀκρατοπότης), the drinker of unmixed (as in not diluted with water) wine, was a hero worshiped in Munychia in Attica. [1] According to Pausanias, who calls him simply Acratus, he was one of the divine companions of Dionysus, [2] who was worshiped at Attica. [3] Pausanias saw his image at Athens in the house of Polytion, where it was fixed in the wall. [4]
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In Greek mythology, Acratopotes ( Ancient Greek: Ἀκρατοπότης), the drinker of unmixed (as in not diluted with water) wine, was a hero worshiped in Munychia in Attica. [1] According to Pausanias, who calls him simply Acratus, he was one of the divine companions of Dionysus, [2] who was worshiped at Attica. [3] Pausanias saw his image at Athens in the house of Polytion, where it was fixed in the wall. [4]
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Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acratopotes".
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.