Agathyllus

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Agathyllus (Greek: Ἀγάθυλλος) was a Greek elegiac poet from Arcadia, who is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in reference to the history of Aeneas and the foundation of Rome.[1]

He came into Arcadia, and, in Nesus, married his two daughters Codone and Anthemone. But he himself hastened to the Hesperian land, where he begot Romulus.[2]

Some of his other verses are preserved by Dionysius,[3] although he largely says the accounts of Agathyllus agree with those of another ancient writer, Cephalon.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867). "Agathyllus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston. p. 66. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-06.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1758). The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius Halicarnassensis. Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. pp. 111, 163–164.
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, i. 49, 72