Daunus
Americannoun
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If a father's tears Move thee, for old Anchises' sake, I pray, Pity old Daunus.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Carried along by a favorable wind, the ship bore him safely to the capital of his father, King Daunus.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
Yet think, O think, if mercy may be shown- Thou hadst a father once, and hast a son- Pity my sire, now sinking to the grave; And for Anchises' sake old Daunus save!
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
But safe should Turnus from the fight once more Return to greet old Daunus.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Protesilaus defeats Daunus, who had expelled him from Calabria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
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