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Tereus

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Πενία δ' ἄτιμον καὶ τὸν εὐγενῆ ποιεῖ → Pauper inhonorus, genere sit clarus licet → Die Armut nimmt selbst dem, der edel ist, die Ehr'

Menander, Monostichoi, 455

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Τηρεύς, -έως, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Tēreus: ĕi or ĕos, m., = Τηρεύς.
I A king of Thrace, husband of Procne, the sister of Philomela, whom he violated, Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. F. 2, 629; id. M. 6, 497, 6. 615; 6, 635; Mart. 14, 75, 1.—Hence, Tērĕĭdes, ae, m., the offspring of Tereus, i. e. his son Itys, Ov. Ib. 436.—
II The name of a tragedy by Attius, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3; 16, 5, 1.