Tyrrheus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Messapus rules the foremost ranks, the sons of Tyrrheus the rear.
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 Jacob Abbott
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 Edward Fairfax Taylor
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 Jacob Abbott
There was a man in Latium named Tyrrheus, who held the office of royal herdsman.
From Romulus Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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