Gaeeochus
Γαιήοχος
(Γαιήοχος), that is, " the holder of the earth," is a common epithet of Poseidon (Hom. Od. 11.240), and near Therapne, in Laconia, he had a temple under the name of Gaeeochus. (Paus. 3.20.2.) But the name is also given to other divinities to describe them as the protectors and patrons of certain districts, e. g. Artemis Gaeeochus at Thebes. (Soph. Oed. Tyr. 160.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.