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

(Πεσσινουντία or Πεσσινονντίς), a surname of Cybele, which she derived from the town of Pessinus, in Galatia. (Cic. De Harusp. Resp. 13; Liv. 29.10; Strab. xii. p.567; Herodian, 1.11.)

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