Temenites

A surname of Apollo, derived from his sacred τέμενος (temenos; a piece of land dedicated to gods) in the neighborhood of Syracuse.

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References

Sources

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
  • Suetonius. Life of Tiberius, 74.
  • Thucydides, vi, 75, 100.

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