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Nisus and Euryalus are among the refugees who in the aftermath of the Trojan War flee under the leadership of Aeneas, the highest-ranking Trojan to survive. Nisus was the son of Hyrtacus, [4] and was known for his hunting. The family cultivated the huntress-goddess who inhabited Mount Ida. [5]
Ancient Greek ἐπύλλιον (epyllion) is the diminutive of ἔπος (epos) in that word's senses of "verse" or "epic poem"; Liddell and Scott's Greek–English Lexicon thus defines ἐπύλλιον as a "versicle, scrap of poetry" or "short epic poem", citing for the latter definition Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2.68 (65a–b): [1]
In Greek mythology, Nisus (Ancient Greek: Νῖσος, romanized: Nîsos) may refer to the following personages: Nisus or Silenus, foster father of Dionysus. Nisos, a king of Megara and father of Scylla. [1] Nisus, son of Hyrtacus, and lover and friend of Euryalus, in Virgil's Aeneid. He participated in the games held by Aeneas in Sicily. Nisus ...
In Book 5 of the Aeneid, [2] Salius, who lives in Segesta, competes in the funeral games held for Anchises. Salius is among the runners in the footrace, along with Nisus and Euryalus . When the frontrunner Nisus falls, Salius finds himself in the lead, but Nisus trips him deliberately to secure the victory for his friend Euryalus.
Euryalus, named on sixth and fifth century BC pottery as being one of the Giants who fought the Olympian gods in the Gigantomachy. [1] Euryalus, a suitor of Hippodamia who, like all the suitors before Pelops, was killed by Oenomaus. [2] Euryalus, one of the eight sons of Melas, who plotted against their uncle Oeneus and were slain by Tydeus. [3]
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Nisus and Euryalus, heroes of the helmet episode in Book 9 [8] Mimas; Misenus, Aeneas' trumpeter [9] Mnestheus, possibly Aeneas' most senior commander; the Penates; Serestus; Sergestus; Achaemenides, one of Odysseus' crew the Aeneads picked up in Sicily (strictly speaking not an Aenead as he was not Trojan, but Greek). [10] [11]
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