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Linus
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Lewis Short
Lĭnus | -os (noun M) : (), , , = Λι:νος
* Linus.
* A son of Apollo and Psammate, daughter of Crotopus, king of the Argives; he was given by his mother to the care of shepherds, and one day, being left alone, was torn to pieces by dogs; whereupon Apollo sent into the land a monster which destroyed everything, until slain by Choroebus, Stat. Th. 6, 64; 1, 557 sqq.
* The son of Apollo and Terpsichore, instructor of Orpheus and Hercules, the latter of whom killed him by a blow with the lyre: flam, ut ego opinor, Hercules, tu autem Linus,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 47; Verg. E. 4, 56; Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 8, who confounds him with the preceding. According to others, he was a son of Mercury and Urania, and was killed by Apollo in Euboea, Hyg. Fab. 161; Mart. 9, 86, 4.
* A fountain in Arcadia, Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10.
* Linus.
* A son of Apollo and Psammate, daughter of Crotopus, king of the Argives; he was given by his mother to the care of shepherds, and one day, being left alone, was torn to pieces by dogs; whereupon Apollo sent into the land a monster which destroyed everything, until slain by Choroebus, Stat. Th. 6, 64; 1, 557 sqq.
* The son of Apollo and Terpsichore, instructor of Orpheus and Hercules, the latter of whom killed him by a blow with the lyre: flam, ut ego opinor, Hercules, tu autem Linus,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 47; Verg. E. 4, 56; Prop. 2, 10 (3, 4), 8, who confounds him with the preceding. According to others, he was a son of Mercury and Urania, and was killed by Apollo in Euboea, Hyg. Fab. 161; Mart. 9, 86, 4.
* A fountain in Arcadia, Plin. 31, 2, 7, § 10.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
- Linus (Masc), ref: Mart. 4, 66, 1 sq. | PIR ID8402
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
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