Tritōnis

, a lake and river of Africa, near which Minerva had a temple, whence she is surnamed Triton is , or Tritonia . Hero dot us , bk. 4 , ch. 178 .— Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 33 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 2 , li. 171 .— Mela , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .――Athens is also called Triton is , because dedicated to Minerva.— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 5 .