Capys
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In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|p|ᵻ|s}}; Ancient Greek: Κάπυς) was a name attributed to three individuals:
- Capys, king of Dardania.Virgil, Aeneid [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi003.perseus-eng2:2.21-2.39 2.35]
- Capys, the Trojan who warned not to bring the Trojan horse into the city.Virgil, Aeneid [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi003.perseus-eng2:2.21-2.39 2.35–38]
- Capys, mythological king of Alba Longa and descendant of Aeneas. Said to have reigned from 963 to 935 BC.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.71.
According to Roman sources,Isaac Taylor Etruscan Researches (Macmillan and Co. 1874) p. 317 referencing Servius in the Etruscan language the word capys meant "hawk" or "falcon" (or possibly "eagle" or "vulture").{{s-start | noclear = true }}
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{{s-aft | after = Capetus Silvius }}
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References
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0572 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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Category:Characters in the Aeneid
Category:Kings in Greek mythology