Halaesus
InGreek mythology,the nameHalaesusorHalesus(Latin:Alesi;Ancient Greek:Ἅλαισος,romanized:Hálaisos[1]) may refer to:
- Halesus, theEmathianLapithwho attended the wedding ofPirithousandHippodamia.[2]He was killed and stripped of his armor by theCentaurLatreusduring the battle between the Lapiths and the centaurs.[3]
- Halesus, a companion ofAgamemnonduring theTrojan War;some state that he was an illegitimate son of Agamemnon.[4]After the war, having escaped the massacre organized byClytaemnestraandAegisthusof Agamemnon and his retinue, he travelled toItalyand founded the city ofFalerii(nowCivita Castellana), which received its name after him.[5]He joinedTurnusin the war againstAeneas,[6]"not because he liked Turnus but because of the hate caused by his ancient hostility (towards Aeneas)", asServiusremarks.[4]He was killed byPallaswhile defendingImaon,a fellow warrior.[7]
Notes[edit]
- ^"Definition of Halesus, Halaesus, Alesus".Numen — Latin Lexicon.Retrieved29 July2023.
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses12.462
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses12.462–463
- ^abServius,Commentary onVirgil'sAeneid7.723 (cf.text in thePerseus Digital Library)
- ^Ovid,Amores3.13.31,Fasti4.74; Servius, Commentary on Virgil'sAeneid7.695;Silius Italicus,Punica8.474
- ^Virgil,Aeneid7.723
- ^Virgil,Aeneid10.411–425
References[edit]
- Maurus Servius Honoratus,In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Amoresedited by Christopher Marlowe, Ed.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Amores, Epistulae, Medicamina faciei femineae, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris.R. Ehwald. edidit ex Rudolphi Merkelii recognitione. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1907.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Fastitranslated by James G. Frazer.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Fasti.Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphosestranslated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses.Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Aeneid.Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics.J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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