Catillus
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There are two Catilli in Roman legend:
- Catillus the Arcadian, son of Amphiaraus.
- Catillus, his son.
Catillus the Arcadian and his sons Catillus, Coras, and Tiburtus escaped the mass killing at
Tibur
(now Tivoli) in honor of Tiburtus.
In Book VII of
.Horace (Odes 18.2) records the name as "Cātilus"; Virgil (Aeneid 7.672) and Silius Italicus as "Cātillus", and Statius as "Catillus".[1] There was a mons Catilli in Tibur, presumably the modern Monte Catillo.[1]
References
- Virgil; Allen Mandelbaum (1981). The Aeneid of Virgil. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-553-21041-5.