Taenarus
Ταίναρος
(Ταίναρος), a son of Elatus and Erimede, from whom the promontory and town of Taenarum, in Laconia, were believed to have their name. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.102; comp. Paus. 3.14.2; Steph. Byz. s. c.
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