Saitis
(
*Sai=tis), a surname of Athena, under which she had a sanctuary on Mount Pontinus, near Lerna in Argolis. (
Paus. 2.36 in fin. ; comp.
Hdt. 2.175; Tzetz.
ad Lycoph. 111.)
The name was traced by the Greeks to the Egyptians, among whom Athena was said to have been called Sais.
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