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Cenaeum

Κήναιον

Cenaeum (Κήναιον: Lithadha), a promontory of Euboea, forming the north-western extremity of the island, and opposite the Malic gulf. On this promontory was a temple of Zeus, who was hence called Cenaeus. (Strab. x. pp. 444, 446; Thuc. 3.93; Ptol. 3.15.23; Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 21; Liv. 36.20; Hom. Hymn. in Apoll. 219; Soph. Trach. 238, 753; Ov. Met. 9.136.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. 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.