Aetnaeus (Ancient Greek: Αἰτναῖος) was an epithet given to several Greek and Roman gods and mythical beings connected with Mount Aetna,^[1] such as Zeus, of whom there was a statue on Mount Aetna, and to whom a festival was celebrated there, called Aetnaea (τὰ Αἴτναια),^[2] Hephaestus, who had his workshop in the mountain, and a temple near it,^[3] and the Cyclops.^[4][5]

• Publius Ovidius Naso, Letters From Pontus translated by A. S. Kline, © Copyright 2003. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Ex Ponto. Arthur Leslie Wheeler. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1939. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aetnaeus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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