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Molorchus

Molorchus, a poor vine-dresser who entertained Hercules

Mŏlorchus, i, m.,
  • a poor vine-dresser near Nemea, who hospitably entertained Hercules when about to slay the lion of that place, Stat. S. 3, 1, 29; 4, 6, 51; id. Th. 4, 160; Mart. 4, 64, 30.—Poet.: Alpheum linquens lucosque Molorchi, i.e. the Nemean Forest, Verg. G. 3, 19.
  • —Hence, Mŏlorchaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Molorchus (poet.), Tib. 4, 1, 13.

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