Geraistos (Cyclops)

Geraistos ( Greek  Γεραιστός ) is a Cyclops of Greek mythology .

When their city was threatened by the plague , the Athenians sacrificed the daughters of Hyakinthos at his tomb : Antheis, Aigleis, Euthenis and Lytaia. The only source for this is the library of Apollodorus 3, 15, 8.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Sp. 1627 - Geraistos 3 ( digitized version ).