Aegobolus
Aego'bolus
(Αἰγοβόλος), the goat-killer, a surname of Dionysus, at Potniae in Boeotia. (Paus. 9.8.1.) [L.S]
Aegobŏlus
(Αἰγοβόλος). A title given to Bacchus at Potniae in Boeotia, because he had substituted a goat (αἴξ) in place of a youth, whom it had formerly been the custom to sacrifice there (Pausan. ix. 8). See Aegobolium.