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Mamercus

（*Ma/merkos), according to one tradition a son of king Numa, who chose this name because one of the sons of Pythagoras likewise bore it. (Plut. Num. 8; Paul. Diac. p. 23, ed. Müller.) Another tradition made Mamercus a son of Mars and Sylvia. (Plut. Parall. Gr. et Rom. 26.) Festus says that Mamercus was a praenomen among the Oscans,who called the god Mars, Mamers. But it would seem that Marcius or Mamercus was the common name for indigenous soothsayers and founders of new forms of religious worship, for it occurs in many instances of this kind. (Hartung, Die Rel. der Röm. vol. i. p. 129.)

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William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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