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Limnaeus, Limnaea, Limnetes or Limnagenes, i. e. inhabiting or born in a lake or marsh, is an ancient Greek surname of several divinities who were believed either to have sprung from a lake, or had their temples near a lake. Instances are, Dionysus at Athens, and Artemis at Sicyon, near Epidaurus, on the frontiers between Laconia and Messenia, near Calamae, Patrae; it is also used as a surname of nymphs that dwell in lakes or marshes.