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    In Roman mythology, Mezentius was an Etruscan king, and father of Lausus. Sent into exile because of his cruelty, he moved to Latium. He reveled in bloodshed...
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    of Lavinium and an Etruscan king named Mezentius took advantage of the occasion to besiege the city. Mezentius succeeded in making the city surrender...
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  • the two immortal steeds of the dawn-goddess Eos Rhaebus, the horse of Mezentius in Roman myths Sterope, horse of the sun-god Helios Trojan Horse Equuleus...
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  • born. Mimas was killed in exile, fighting alongside Aeneas in Italy, by Mezentius, king of the Etruscans. Virgil, Aeneid 10.689-702 Vergil, Aeneid. Theodore...
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    "pale" and raging "among the warring thousands" during the battle between Mezentius and Aeneas's men. In Book IV of Ovid's Metamorphoses, she is described...
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    return for victory against the Etruscan tyrant Mezentius. According to some sources, the warlike Mezentius had claimed this vintage as his due, not Jupiter's...
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    Papilio lysithous Godart, 1819 Menelaides chirodamas Hübner, [1825] Papilio mezentius Doubleday, 1844 Papilio torquatinus ab. melania Oberthür, 1879 Papilio...
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  • Kingdoms of Rerek, Meszria and Fingiswold, following the death of King Mezentius, an extraordinary ruler who has held sway over three kingdoms mainly through...
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  • Edward Lessingham and his wife Mary. The Zimiamvian sections describe King Mezentius, described as "tyrant of Fingiswold, Meszria and Rerek", foiling a plot...
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  • Latin women to instigate a war between the two. Turnus, and his ally Mezentius, leader of the Etruscans, are defeated by Aeneas with the assistance of...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    Lausus was the son of the ousted Etruscan king Mezentius, and fought with him against Aeneas and the Trojans in Italy. He appears in Virgil's Aeneid in...
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  • Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    declared war on Aeneas at the urging of Juno, who was aligned with King Mezentius of the Etruscans and Queen Amata of the Latins. Aeneas's forces prevailed...
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  • the Latin captains while they sleep. It also features in Book 10, when Mezentius takes the place of Turnus and strikes down all in his path: it draws upon...
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    Servius Tullius (578–535) Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (535–510/509) BC Mezentius fl. c. 1100 BC Tyrsenos Velsu fl. 8th century BC Women in the Etruscan...
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    commemorate the disappearance of king Latinus, in the battle against Mezentius king of Caere: the rite symbolised a search for him both on earth and...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    Pallas, whom Evander has entrusted to Aeneas but who is killed by Turnus. Mezentius, Turnus' close associate, allows his son Lausus to be killed by Aeneas...
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    lance laid by, thrice whirling round his head / The whistling thong, Mezentius took his aim. / Clean through his temples hissed the molten lead, / And...
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  • Evanthes, a Phrygian who fought on Aeneas' side in Italy. He was killed by Mezentius, king of the Etruscans. Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 1623.44 as cited...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    "vanishing" during a battle with Mezentius (king of Caere). So too, Aeneas disappeared from a battle with Mezentius or with Turnus, and became Jupiter...
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    Sibyl Fanum Voltumnae Haruspex/Extispicy Jewelry Lausus Liver of Piacenza Mezentius Monterozzi necropolis Mythological figures Persius Poppilia Raeti Religion...
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    many Rutulians. Pallas is often compared to the Rutulian Lausus, son of Mezentius, who also dies young in battle. Tragically, however, Pallas is eventually...
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    December 2018). "Figures of Memory. Aulus Vibenna, Valerius Publicola and Mezentius between History and Legend". In Kaj Sandberg; Christopher Smith (eds.)...
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