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Periclymenus
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- PERICLY′MENUS (Περικλύμενος). 1. One of the Argonauts, was a son of Neleus and Chloris, and a brother of Nestor. (Hom. Od. xi. 285; Apollod. i. 9. § 15; Orph. Argon. 155.) Poseidon gave him the power of changing himself into different forms, and conferred upon him great strength, but he was nevertheless slain by Heracles at the taking of Pylos. (Apollod. i. 9. § 9, ii. 7. § 3; Apollon. Rhod. i. 156 with the Schol.; Ov. Met. xiii, 556, &c.; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1685.) According to Hyginus (Fab. 10) Periclymenus escaped Heracles in the shape of an eagle. 2. A son of Poseidon and Chloris, the daughter of Teiresias, of Thebes. In the war of the Seven against Thebes he was believed to have killed Parthenopaeus (Apollod. iii. 6. § 8; Paus. viii. 18, in fin.; Eurip. Phoen. 1157), and when he pursued Amphiaraus, the latter by the command of Zeus was swallowed up by the earth. (Pind. Nem. ix. 57, &c. with the Schol.) (Wikisource | public domain)
- PERICLY′MENUS (Περικλύμενος), a statuary of unknown age and country, is enumerated by Pliny among those who made athletas et armalos et venatores sacrificantesque (H. N. xxxiv. 8. s. 19. § 34). One of his works, a female statue, is mentioned by Tatian (adv. Graec. 55. p. 118, ed. Worth.). (Wikisource | public domain)
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (ed. William Smith 1870), Wikisource | public domain
Lewis Short
Pĕrīclymĕnus (noun M) : Περικλύμενος
* Son of Neleus and brother of Nestor, one of the Argonauts, who had received from Neptune the power of changing his shape at pleasure, Ov. M. 12, 556.
* Son of Neleus and brother of Nestor, one of the Argonauts, who had received from Neptune the power of changing his shape at pleasure, Ov. M. 12, 556.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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