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In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys ( /ˈkpɪs/; Ancient Greek: Κάπυς) was a name attributed to three individuals:

According to Roman sources, [4] in the Etruscan language the word capys meant "hawk" or "falcon" (or possibly "eagle" or "vulture").

Legendary titles
Preceded by King of Alba Longa Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.35
  2. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.35–38
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.71.
  4. ^ Isaac Taylor Etruscan Researches ( Macmillan and Co. 1874) p. 317 referencing Servius

References

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys ( /ˈkpɪs/; Ancient Greek: Κάπυς) was a name attributed to three individuals:

According to Roman sources, [4] in the Etruscan language the word capys meant "hawk" or "falcon" (or possibly "eagle" or "vulture").

Legendary titles
Preceded by King of Alba Longa Succeeded by

Notes

  1. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.35
  2. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.35–38
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.71.
  4. ^ Isaac Taylor Etruscan Researches ( Macmillan and Co. 1874) p. 317 referencing Servius

References


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