Genesius

That is, "the father," a surname of Poseidon, under which he had a sanctuary near Lerna, on the sea-coast.1 The name is identical in meaning with Genethlius (Γενέθλιος), under which the same god had a sanctuary at Sparta.2

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 38.4.
  2. ibid. iii, 15.7.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.