[917] Ἔρυκος: Virgil says that it was Aeneas who founded the temple to Venus on Mt. Eryx in Sicily (Aen. 5. 759); Diod. (4. 83) says that it was founded by Eryx, a son of Aphrodite and Butes, but speaks of Butes as βασιλεύς τις ἐγχώριος. Venus is often called 'Erycina' in Lat. poetry.
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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