Mechaneus
Μηχανεύς
(Μηχανεύς), skilled in inventing, was a surname of Zeus at Argos (Paus. 2.22.3). The feminine form, Mechanitis (Μηχανῖτις), occurs as a surname of Aphrodite, at Megalopolis, and of Athena. in the same neighbourhood. (Paus. 8.31.3, 36.3.)
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.