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

(Ὄμβριος), i. e. the rain-giver, a surname of Zeus, under which he had an altar on Mount Hymettus in Attica. (Paus. 1.32.3 ; comp. Hes. Op. et Di. 587, 620.)

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