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

(Γενηταίος), a surname of Zeus, which he derived from Cape Genetus on the Euxine, where he was worshipped as ἔυξεινος, i. e. " the hospitable," and where he had a sanctuary. (Apollon. 2.378, 1009; V. Fl. 5.148; Strab. xii. p.548.)

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