Capys

Capys

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

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

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Notes

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

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