Entellus

Entellus was a Trojan or Sicilian hero from whom the town of Entella in Sicily was believed to have received its name.[1] He was a friend of the Trojan king Acestes. A boxing match between Entellus and an arrogant younger boxer, Dares, is described in the fifth book of Virgil's Aeneid.

Fight between Entellus and Dares, Roman mosaic, c. 175, Getty Villa (71.AH.106)

Entellus is the namesake of the Gray langur Presbytis entellus.

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References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz (1870). Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • http://department.monm.edu/history/faculty_forum/Theissen_a_boxing_match.htm

Footnotes
  1. Virg. Aen. v. 389, with Servius. (cited by Schmitz)



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