Isthmius

That is, the god worshiped on the Isthmus (of Corinth), a surname of Poseidon, in honor of whom the Isthmian games were celebrated.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 9.6.
  • 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.