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

(Προνιάα), a surname of Athena, under which she had a chapel at Delphi, in front of the temple of Apollo. (Hdt. 1.92; Aeschyl. Eum. 21; Paus. 9.10.2.) Pronaus also occurs as a surname of Hermes. (Paus. l.c.)

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