"A name of
Zeus as worshipped at
Didyma in Miletus jointly with
Apollo": LSJ s.v. (web address 1)
This epithet appears to have been at first attributed to
Apollo, because of the double (
δίδυμος literally means "twin") light this god provided to mankind: the Sun and the Moon. (Cf. the myth according to which Sun and Moon are identified with
Apollo and his
sister,
Artemis). The center of the worship of
Apollo Didymaios was a place also called
Didyma, which belonged to the Milesians and was renowned for its oracle;
Suetonius,
Caligula 21 mentions the completion of the temple among the plans of this emperor.
For the joint worship of
Apollo and
Zeus at
Didyma see
Stephanus of
Byzantium,
Ethnika s.v.
Didyma and Didyme (229.20-230.4).
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