Methymnaeus

A surname of Dionysus, derived, according to some, from Methymna, rich in vines.1 Others derived it from μέθν (sweet or wine), as Plutarch2 and Athenaeus.3

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References

Notes

  1. Hesychius, s.v.; Virgil. Georgics, ii, 20.
  2. Symposium iii, 2.
  3. viii, p. 363.

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.