Agathyllus

Agathyllus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθυλλος) was a Greek elegiac poet from Arcadia, who is quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus in reference to the history of Aeneas and the foundation of Rome.^[1]

He came into Arcadia, and, in Nesus, married his two daughters Codone and Anthemone. But he himself hastened to the Hesperian land, where he begot Romulus.^[2]

Some of his other verses are preserved by Dionysius,^[3] although he largely says the accounts of Agathyllus agree with those of another ancient writer, Cephalon.^[2]

References

1. Smith, William (1867). "Agathyllus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston. p. 66. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2008-05-06.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1758). The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius Halicarnassensis. Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. pp. 111, 163–164.
3. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, i. 49, 72

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agathyllus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.