Aetnaeus () was an epithet given to several Greek and Roman gods and mythical beings connected with Mount Aetna, such as Zeus, of whom there was a statue on Mount Aetna, and to whom a festival was celebrated there, called Aetnaea (τὰ Αἴτναια),Schol. ad Pind. Ol. vi. 162 Hephaestus, who had his workshop in the mountain, and a temple near it,Aelian, Hist. An. xi. 3 and the Cyclops.Virgil, Aeneid viii. 440, xi. 263, iii. 768Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2.115
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