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CILENIOS, CILENIUS is an epithet for Mercury (Hermes) after Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, where he was born. Ovid calls him Cyllenius (Met I.713; II.720).

Venus flees to Cilenios's tower to hide from Phebus, Mars 113. Venus is in two degrees of Gemini, the night house of Mercury, and Cilenius receives her as his dear friend, Mars 144. [Mercurie: Venus]

Cilenios, the byname of location used as a personal name, appears in a medial position, Mars 113, while Cilenius, a spelling variant of Latin Cyllenius, appears initially, Mars 144.

R.H. Allen, Star Names and their Meanings, 230-233; Ovid, Met, ed. and trans. F.J. Miller, I: 52-53; 110-111.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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