Branchus

Branchus, i, m., = Βράγχος,

• a son of Apollo; or, according to others, of Smicrus of Delphi, inspired by Apollo with prophecy, v. Branchidae, Stat. Th. 3, 479; 8, 198 Schol.

Branchus, ī, m. (Βράγχος), der von Apollo geliebte Sohn des Smikrus aus Delphi oder des Apollo selbst, der ihm die Weissagegabe schenkte, die er in Didyma, dem berühmt gewordenen Orakel der Branchiden, übte, Mythogr. Lat. 2, 85. Stat. Theb. 3, 479 u. 8, 198 (das. Schol. mit der Stelle des Varr.). – Dav.: A) Branchidae, ārum, m. (Βραγχίδαι), die Branchiden (= Nachkommen des Branchus), erbliche Diener u. Verwalter des Apollotempels und -orakels zu Didyma (Didymeon b. Curt., penetralia Branchi b. Stat.) im milesischen Gebiete, Curt. 7, 5 (23), 28 sqq.: oracula Branchidarum, Amm. 29, 1, 31: oppidum oraculum Branchidarum appellatum, nunc Didymaei Apollinis, Plin. 5, 112. – Sing. Branchidēs, ae, m., der Branchide, als Beiname des Apollo, Mela 1, 17, 1 (1. § 86). – B) Branchiadon, ī, n., der Tempel des Branchus, Mythogr. Lat. 2, 85.

Branchus, ī, m. (Βράγχος), nom dʼun fils dʼApollon : Stat. Th. 3, 479.

Branchus

(Βράγχος), a son of Apollo or Smicrus of Delphi. His mother, a Milesian woman, dreamt at the time she gave birth to him, that the sun was passing through her body, and the seers interpreted this as a favourable sign. Apollo loved the boy Branchus for his great beauty, and endowed him with prophetic power, which he exercised at Didyma, near Miletus. Here he founded an oracle, of which his descendants, the Branchidae, were the priests, and which was held in great esteem, especially by the lonians and Aeolians. (Hdt. 1.157; Strab. xiv. p.634, xvii. p. 814; Lutat. ad Stat. Theb. 8.198; Conon, Narrat. 33; Luc. Dial. Deor. 2; comp. Dict. of Ant. s. v. Oraculum.)

Branchus Branchus, father of Cercyon

• Apollod. E.1.3