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EUPHORBUS

Volume 9 · 79 words · 1860 Edition

a famous Trojan, son of Panthus. He was the first who wounded Patroclus, but himself perished by the hand of Menelaus, who hung his shield as a trophy in the temple of Juno at Argos. Pythagoras is said to have affirmed that he was the transmigrated soul of Euphorbus, and that his soul recollected many of its previous warlike exploits. In proof of his assertion, he identified at first sight the shield of Euphorbus in the temple of Juno.