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[Facts] Re: Kynthos
by
Pavlos
(guest)
2/16/2005, 10:56 PM
in reply to
a message by Moongoddess
It is KINthos, the name of a mountain in the island of Delos where
Apollo
and
Artemis
were birn. The name
Cynthia
("from Kynthos") is related. Kynthos itself is most probably derived from "kynthano" meaning "to hide, to cover up".
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