Gene'sius
(
*Gene/sios), that is, " the father," a surname of Poseidon, under which he had a sanctuary near Lerna, on the sea-coast. (
Paus. 2.38.4.)
The name is identical in meaning with Genethlius (
γενέθλιος), under which the same god had a sanctuary at Sparta. (
Paus. 3.15.7.)
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