Zerynthus

Zerynthus (Ancient Greek: Ζήρυνθος, romanized: Zḗrunthos; Latin: Zerynthus[1]) was a town of the Apsynthii in Thrace that is the site of Zerynthius, a temple of Apollo.[2] According to Lycophron's Alexandra, this was the location of Zerynthos or Zirynthia, a cave sacred to Hecate.[3]

References
  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. "Lycophron, Alexandra". Theoi Classical Texts Library. Retrieved 7 February 2017.



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