Entellus

Fight between Entellus and Dares, Roman mosaic, c. 175, Getty Villa (71.AH.106)

Entellus was a Trojan or Sicilian hero from whom the town of Entella in Sicily was believed to have received its name. He was a friend of the Trojan king Acestes. A boxing match of Entellus with Dares is described in Virgil's Aeneid.

Entellus is the namesake of the Gray langur Presbytis entellus.

See also

• List of Greek mythological figures

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz (1870). Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
• http://department.monm.edu/history/faculty_forum/Theissen_a_boxing_match.htm