Tyrrheus

[ tahy-ree-uhs, tahy-ryoos ]

noun

, Roman Legend.

1. a shepherd. The killing of his tame stag by Ascanius was a cause of the war between Aeneas' Trojans and the people of Latium.

Example Sentences

There was a hart most excellent, a noble hornèd thing, That Tyrrheus' sons had stolen from its own dam's cherishing, And fostered: he, their father, had the kingly herd to heed, And well was trusted far and wide, the warden of the mead.

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Messapus leads the first array, and Tyrrheus' children ward The latter host, and in the midst is Turnus' self the lord.

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The family that received and sheltered her was that of Tyrrheus, the chief of her father's shepherds, whose children's stag Ascanius had formerly killed.

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One of the sons of Tyrrheus was killed.

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There was a man in Latium named Tyrrheus, who held the office of royal herdsman.

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