Aetnaeus

Aetnaeus (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,^[2] Hephaestus, who had his workshop in the mountain, and a temple near it,^[3] and the Cyclops.^[4][5]

References

1. Schmitz, Leonhard (1870), "Aetnaeus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 54
2. Schol. ad Pind. Ol. vi. 162
3. Aelian, Hist. An. xi. 3
4. Virgil, Aeneid viii. 440, xi. 263, iii. 768
5. Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2.115

Sources

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.