A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Κυλλήνιος), a surname of Hermes, which he derived from mount Cyllene in Arcadia, where he had a temple (Paus. 8.17.1), or from the circumstance of Maia having given birth to him on that mountain. (Verg. A. 8.139, &c.)

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