Gen′itor. A Lycian name of Jupiter.

Geometry, see Mercury.

Ge′ryon was a triple-bodied monster who lived at Gades, where his numerous flocks were guarded by Orthos, a two-headed dog, and by Eurythion, a seven-headed dragon. These guardians were destroyed by Hercules, and the cattle taken away.

Gimlet, see Dædalus.

Girdle, see Cestus.

Glau′cus was a fisherman who became a sea-god through eating a sea-weed, which he thought invigorated the fishes and might strengthen him.

Glauko′pis. A name given to Minerva, because she had blue eyes.

Gno′mes, a name given by Plato to the invisible deities who were supposed to inhabit the earth.

Gnos′sis, a name given to Ariadne, from the city of Gnossus in Crete.

Goat, see Iphigenia, Mendes, and Venus.