Aetnaeus (Ancient Greek: Αἰτναῖος) was an epithet given to several Greek and Roman gods and mythical beings connected with Mount Aetna,1 such as Zeus, of whom there was a statue on Mount Aetna, and to whom a festival was celebrated there, called Aetnaea (τὰ Αἴτναια),2 Hephaestus, who had his workshop in the mountain, and a temple near it,3 and the Cyclops.45
Notes
Notes
- Schmitz, Leonhard (1870), "Aetnaeus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 54
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- Aelian, Hist. An. xi. 3
- Virgil, Aeneid viii. 440, xi. 263, iii. 768
- Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2.115
References
References
- Ovid, Letters From Pontus translated by A. S. Kline, © Copyright 2003. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Ovid, Ex Ponto. Arthur Leslie Wheeler. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1939. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Virgil, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Virgil, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aetnaeus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.