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Erymanthus

also: Erymanthus, Erymanthiam, Erymanthian boar, Mount Erymanthus

A mountain in Arcadia, haunt of the destructive Erymanthian Boar that Hercules captured alive in one of his Labors. Cicero's quotation from the Trachiniae names it among the monsters laid low by Hercules' victorious hand.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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