Ilioneus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
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Ilionei Proper-name noun: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular, Proper-name noun: masculine vocative plural of Ilioneus
- The youngest son of Niobe, Ov. M. 6, 261.—
- II A Trojan, a follower of Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 521.
(Ἰλιονεύς).
1. A son of Amphion and Niobe, whom Apollo would have liked to save, because he was praying; but the arrow was no longer under the control of the god. (Ov. Met. 6.261; Niobe.)
2. A Trojan, son of Phorbas, was killed by Peneleus. (Horn. Il. 14.489, &c.)
3. One of the companions of Aeneas. (Verg. A. 1.120.)
4. A Trojan who was slain by Diomedes. (Q. Smyrn. 18.180.) [L.S]
(Ἰλιονεύς). A son of Niobé, whom Apollo would have liked to save, because he was praying; but the arrow was no longer under the control of the god (Ovid, Met. vi. 261). See Niobé.