Arbius

Arbius (Ancient Greek: Ἄρβιος) was a toponymic epithet of the Greek god Zeus, derived from Mount Arbias in Crete - in modern times, the hills and chasms near Arvi[1][2] - where he was worshipped.[3][4]

It is also hypothesized that "Arbius" has some relationship to the Latin arbor ("tree"), as Zeus was known to have been worshipped as a tree god on Crete.[1]

References

1. Cook, Arthur Bernard (1914). Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion. 1. Cambridge University Press. pp. 945–946. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
2. Hall, Harry Reginald (1915). Ægean archæeology: an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece. Handbooks to ancient civilizations series. P.L. Warner. pp. 149. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
3. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Ἄπβις
4. Frothingham, Jr., A. L. (1896). "Archæological News". American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts. Archaeological Institute of America. 11 (3): 464. doi:10.2307/496506. JSTOR 496506.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Arbius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 257.