- Source: Lenaeus
Lenaeus (Ancient Greek: Ληναιος, Lēnaios) is a masculine given name related to wine presses and the Maenads, the female attendants of Dionysus and Bacchus in Greco-Roman mythology.
It may refer to:
Johannes Canuti Lenaeus (1573–1669), a Swedish academic and archbishop
Lenaeus (fl. 2nd cent. BC), a Greek slave of the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra the Syrian who served as regent of Egypt
Pompeius Lenaeus (fl. 1st cent. BC), a Greek slave of the Roman general Pompey who was freed and began a school in Rome
It is also used in various scientific names:
Lenaeus (bug), a genus of assassin bugs
Episcepsis lenaeus, a Central American moth
Papilio menatius lenaeus, a South American butterfly
H. lenaeus, a South American butterfly of the genus Heliconius
S. lenaeus, a beetle of the genus Scaraphites
See also
Lenaia
