Myrtilus
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Myrtilum Proper-name noun: masculine genitive plural, Proper-name noun: masculine accusative singular of Myrtilus
- A son of Mercury, slain by Pelops, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90; Sen. Thyest. 140; Claud. Laud. Ser. 168; cf. Hyg. Fab. 84; 224.—
- II A Roman surname: L. Minucius Myrtilus, Liv. 38, 42.—
- III A historian, v. Myrsilus.
(Μυρτίλος), a son of Hermes by Cleobule, or by Clytia (Hygin. Poet. Astr. 2.13), or, according to others, by Phaetusa or Myrto. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.752.) He was the charioteer of Oenomaus, king of Elis, and, having betrayed his master, he was thrown into the sea by Pelops near Geraestus in Euboea; and that part of the Aegean is said to have thenceforth been called after him the Myrtoan sea. At the moment he expired, he pronounced a curse upon the house of Pelops, which was hence harassed by the Erinnyes of that curse. His father placed him among the stars as auriga. (Soph. Elect. 509; Eur. Orest. 993, &c.; Apollon. 1.755; Paus. 2.18.2, 5.1.5, 8.14.8; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 156, 162; Hyg. Fab. 84, Poet. Astr. 2.13; Serv. ad Virg. Georg. 1.205, 3.7; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 184.) His tomb was shown at Pheneus, behind the temple of Hermes, where the waves were believed to have washed his body on the coast. There he was also worshipped as a hero, and honoured with nocturnal sacrifices. (Paus. 6.20.8, 8.14.7.) [L.S]
(Μυρτίλος), a Greek comic poet, the brother of Hermippus. Suidas has preserved the names of two of his plays, the Τιτανόπανες, and the Ἔρωτες. One object of his ridicule in the former was the tasteless love of display shown by the Megarian Choregi. (Aspasius ad Aristot. Ethic. Nic. 4.2; Meineke, Hist. Crit. Com. Graec. p. 100; Bode, Geschichte der Hellen. Dichtkunst, vol. iii. part ii. p. 170). [C.P.M]
a slave or a freedman, seems to have been bribed by Antony, or some one of that party, to make an attempt upon the life of D. Brutus, but was detected and put to death. (Cic. Att. 15.13, 16.11.)
was handed over to the Carthaginians, because he had beaten the ambassadors of the latter, B. C. 187. (Liv. 38.42.)
(Μυρτίλος). Son of Hermes, by Cleobulé or Myrto. He was the charioteer of Oenomaüs, whose defeat by Pelops in the race was due to his treachery. When he demanded the reward that had been settled, the half of the realm of Oenomaüs, Pelops threw him into the sea near Geraestus, in Euboea, and that part of the Aegean was thence called the Myrtoan Sea. He was placed among the stars as the constellation Auriga. See Oenomaüs; Pelops.