In Greek and Roman mythology, Nisus (Ancient Greek: Νῖσος, romanized: Nîsos) and Euryalus (/jʊəˈraɪ.ələs/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύαλος, romanized: Eurýalos...
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Euryalus (/jʊəˈraɪ.ələs/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύαλος, romanized: Eurýalos, lit. 'broad') refers to the Euryalus fortress, the main citadel of Ancient Syracuse...
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Look up nisus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nisus or Nisos may refer to: Nisus of Nisus and Euryalus, son of Hyrtacus, friend of Euryalus, in Virgil's...
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Odyssey. Aristeia is also seen, to some extent, in the Aeneid, when Nisus and Euryalus leave the Trojan defences in Book 9 to slaughter the Latin captains...
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Effeminacy (section Ancient Greece and Rome)
behaviors, and appearances that are socially associated with girls and women. Throughout history, men considered effeminate have faced prejudice and discrimination...
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ancient Greece Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece Nisus and Euryalus Reading The Odyssey (Book XXIV), one discovers that Achilles' bones...
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Rhamnous, an ancient Greek town in Crete Rhamnus, an augur killed by Nisus and Euryalus in book IX of The Aeneid Rhamnus (plant) or buckthorns, a plant genus...
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Epyllion (section Etymology and modern usage)
Aeneid 9.182–234: Nisus and Euryalus Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.611–724: Baucis and Philemon Coluthus, Rape of Helen Musaeus, Hero and Leander Liddell, H...
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of pederasty in a military setting by portraying the love between Nisus and Euryalus, whose military valor marks them as solidly Roman men (viri). Vergil...
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who informs him that Aeneas is away from his camp—and a midnight raid by the Trojans Nisus and Euryalus on Turnus' camp leads to their death. The next day...
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