Thracian · deity · Roman period Thrace; patron of Philippopolis (Plovdiv), 2nd 3rd c. CE · deity
Native Thracian Rider-god absorbed into Apollo as a city-patron; though given Apollo's name, his iconography stayed that of the Thracian Horseman, marking him as a distinct local deity. Classified 'deity'. Native theonym survives in the Greek-transmitted epithet Kendrisos/Kendreisenos.
Domains
city protection
prophecy and oracles
Powers
guards and patronizes the city
Epithets
Ἀπόλλων Κενδρισος
Κενδρεισηνος
Sources
Inscriptions and coins of Philippopolis (Apollo Kendrisos / Kendreiseia games)