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Tyndaritani Mercuri

also: Mercury ... of the Tyndaritans, Mercuri, Mercury

Mercury (Greek Hermes) in his cult at Tyndaris on the north coast of Sicily, where a bronze Mercury captured from Carthage had been restored to the city by Scipio Aemilianus. Verres compelled the Tyndaritans to surrender it and prosecuted those who resisted (In Verrem 2.4).

Mentioned in 2 works (2 mentions)

Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speech · 1 mention
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V speech · 1 mention

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