Geraestus (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Geraestus
or
Geraistos
(
Ancient Greek
: Γεραιστός) may refer to two personages:
Geraestus, son of
Zeus
and brother of
Taenarus
and
Calabrus
. The three brothers were said to have sailed to
Peloponnese
and to have seized a portion of land there.
[
1
]
Geraestus, a
Cyclops
on whose grave in
Attica
Hyacinthus
of
Lacedaemon
had his daughters
Aegleis
,
Antheis
,
Lytaea
, and
Orthaea
were sacrificed.
[
2
]
^
Stephanus of Byzantium
, s.v.
Tainaros
^
Apollodorus
,
3.15.8
.