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Tyrrheus

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[tahy-ree-uhs, tahy-ryoos] / ˈtaɪ ri əs, ˈtaɪ rjus /
Also Tyrrhus

noun

Roman Legend.
  1. a shepherd. The killing of his tame stag by Ascanius was a cause of the war between Aeneas' Trojans and the people of Latium.


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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

The animal fled to the house of Tyrrheus, where Sylvia, seeing her pet covered with blood, broke out into loud lamentations.

From Story of Aeneas by Clarke, Michael

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

The family that received and sheltered her was that of Tyrrheus, the chief of her father's shepherds, whose children's stag Ascanius had formerly killed.

From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

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

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