Soter
Σώτηρ
(Σώτηρ), i. e. "the Saviour" (Lat. Servator or Sospes), occurs as the surname of several divinities :--1. of Zeus in Argos (Paus. 2.20.5), at Troezene (2.31.14), in laconia (3.23.6), at Messene (4.31.5), at Mantineia (8.9. § l), at Megalopolis (8.30.5; comp. Aristoph. Ran. 1433; Plin. Nat. 34.8). The sacrifices offered to him were called όωτήρια. (Plut. Arat. 53.) 2. Of Helios (Paus. 8.31.4), and 3. of Bacchus. (Lycoph. 206.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.