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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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    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.38.4
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.15.7
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