Capys

In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys (/ˈkpɪs/; Ancient Greek: Κάπυς) was a name attributed to three individuals:

  • Capys, king of Dardania.[1]
  • Capys, the Trojan who warned not to bring the Trojan horse into the city.[2]
  • Capys, mythological king of Alba Longa and descendant of Aeneas. Said to have reigned from 963 to 935 BC.[3]

According to Roman sources,[4] in the Etruscan language the word capys meant "hawk" or "falcon" (or possibly "eagle" or "vulture").

Notes

  1. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.35
  2. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 2.35–38
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.71.
  4. ^ Isaac Taylor Etruscan Researches (Macmillan and Co. 1874) p. 317 referencing Servius

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