Lacinius

An Italian hero and fabulous robber, by whom Hercules, on his expedition in Italy, is said to have been robbed of some of the oxen of Geryon, and who was killed by the hero in consequence. After the place of the murder was purified, Hercules built a temple to Juno (Hera), surnamed Lacinia.

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References

Sources

  • Diodorus Siculus. Historical Library iv, 24.
  • Servius on Virgil's Aeneid iii, 552.
  • 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.