Melicerta

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μεγάλα ὠφελήσεσθε πρὸς ἱστορίαν τῶν κοινῶν → that will be of great benefit to you in order to understand public affairs

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mĕlĭcerta: and Mĕlĭcertes, ae, m., = Μελικέρτης,
I son of Ino and the Theban king Athamas. His mother, pursued by her husband in his madness, threw herself into the sea with Melicerta, who became a seagod, called by the Greeks Palaemon, and by the Romans Portunus, Ov. M. 4, 522; cf. Verg. G. 1, 437; Ov. F. 6, 485 sq.; Pers. 5, 103.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mĕlĭcerta Virg., Ov. et Mĕlĭcertēs Hyg. Fab. 2, æ, m., Mélicerte [dieu marin] : Virg. G. 1, 437 ; Ov. M. 4, 522 ; F. 6, 494.