Tyrrheus
Americannoun
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Forth from his work ran Tyrrheus, who an oak Was cleaving with the wedge, and cheered the band.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Brave Messapus leads The van, the sons of Tyrrheus close the rear, And Turnus in mid column shakes his spear.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
They went out and aroused the neighboring peasantry, who very easily caught the spirit of resentment and revenge which burned in the bosoms of Tyrrheus and his sons.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The stag, beautiful and high-antlered, was stolen from his mother's udder and bred by Tyrrheus' boys and their father Tyrrheus, master of the royal herds, and ranger of the plain.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
As soon as Tyrrheus, the father of Sylvia, and the two young men, her brothers, knew who it was that had thus wantonly wounded their favorite, they were filled with indignation and rage.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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