Lenaeus

A surname of Dionysus, derived from ληνός (lēnos), the wine-press or the vintage.

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References

Sources

  • Dictionary of Antiquities, s.v. Lenaea.
  • Hesychius, s.v.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Virgil. Georgics, ii, 4.529.

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