Zerynthus

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Zerynthus (Ancient Greek: Ζήρυνθος, romanized: Zḗrunthos; Latin: Zerynthus[1]) was a town of the Apsynthii in Thrace which had a temple of Apollo[2] and Artemis. Because of that two deities derived the epithet of Zerynthian.[3]

According to Lycophron's Alexandra, this was the location of Zerynthos or Zirynthia, a cave sacred to Hecate.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, William (1854). The Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Bostin: Little, Brown and Company. p. Zerynthus.
  2. ^ "Classical Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  3. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Zerynthus
  4. ^ "Lycophron, Alexandra". Theoi Classical Texts Library. Retrieved 7 February 2017.


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