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    Nisus

    mythological figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages

    Nisus of Dulichium

    in the texts

    OdysseyClassical · Greek

    Father of Amphinomos, son of king Aretias.

    He was the son of Nisus, who was son to king Aretias, and he was foremost among all the suitors from the wheat-growing and well grassed island of Dulichium;
    chapter 16
    he is Nisus of Dulichium, a man both brave and wealthy.
    chapter 18
    but Amphinomos the son of Nisus, who was son to Aretias, said, "Do not let us take offense;
    chapter 18

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Mythological king given a purple lock by Fortune.

    To Croesus she gives gold, to Candaules a wife, to Peleus a sword, to Nestor a shield, to Pterelaus a golden lock of hair, to Nisus a purple lock, to Alcibiades beauty, to Socrates wisdom, to Aristides justice, to the Lacedaemonians the land, to the Athenians the sea.
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