Genetaeus

A surname of Zeus, which he derived from Cape Genetus on the Euxine, where he was worshiped as Euxeinus (Ἔυξεινος), i. e. "the hospitable," and where he had a sanctuary.

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References

Sources

  • Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica ii, 378, 1009.
  • C. Valerius Flaccus. Argonautica v, 148.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Strabo. Geography xii, p. 548.

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