(Γέρων), that is, "the old man;" under this name Nereus was worshipped at Gythium in Laconia. (Paus. 1.23.8; comp. Hes. Th. 234.)
[L.S]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