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

(Ταύρεος), a surname of Poseidon, given to him either because bulls were sacrificed to him, or because he was the divinity that gave greet

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pasture to bulls on the sea_coast. (Hes. Seut. Herc. 104; Hom. Od. 3.6; Schol. ad Pind. Nem. 6.69.)

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