Sun-God Goitosyros

Sun-god (Scythian Apollo). The Greek forms vary between Γοιτόσυρος and Οἰτόσυρος in the manuscript tradition. Aniconic: no cult image attested.

Domains

• sun
• healing

Epithets

• Goitosyros
• Ἀπόλλων

Relations

• interpretatio: Apollo

Sources

• Herodotos, Histories 4.59 (Godley)
• V.I. Abaev (1949); R. Schmitt et al., Encyclopaedia Iranica, 'Scythians'