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Larissaeus

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Larīsaeus, a, um: of Larissa, a Thessalian town, on the southern bank of the Peneus; Larissaean, 2.197. (Larissa)
Larissaeus

and LARISSAEA (Λαρισσαῖος and Λαρισσαῖα), surnames of Zeus and Apollo, derived from the arx Larissa at Argos (Paus. 2.24.4; Strab. ix. p.440, 14.649; Steph. Byz. s. v. Λάρισσα), and of Athena, who derived it from the river Larissus, between Elis and Achaia, where the goddess had a sanctuary. (Paus. 7.17.3.) [L.S]

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