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CENAEUM

CENAEUM (Κήναιον: Lithadha), a promontory of Euboea, forming the north-western extremity of the island, and opposite the Malic gulf. On this promontory was a temple of Zeus, who was hence called Cenaeus. (Strab. x. pp. 444, 446; Thuc. 3.93; Ptol. 3.15.23; Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 21; Liv. 36.20; Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. 219; Soph. Trach. 238, 753; Ov. Met. 9.136.)

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    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 753
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 238
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.93
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 36, 20
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