The antient Abantes of Eubœa styled Zeus himself Cahen; called in aftertimes Cenæus. There was a promontory of the same name: Κηναιον ακρωτηριον (Αβαντων) Steph. Byzant. Here Hercules was supposed to have sacrificed after his conquest of Æchalia.
Victor ab Æchaliâ Cenæo sacra parabat
Vota Jovi. Ovid. Metamorph. l. 9 v. 136.
Sophocles in Trachin. v. 242, mentions, Βωμους, τελητ' εγκαρτα Κηναιῳ Διι.
[83] Plato in Gorgiâ. vol. 1. p. 482.
[84] Porphyry. l. 3. p. 286. so corrected by Jablonsky. l. v. c. 1. p. 10
[85] Clementis Cohortatio. p. 32.
[86] Pliny. l. 8. p. 446.
[87] Anthologia. l. 1. Epigram. 144.
[88] Theophrast. Charact.