Evander

, a son of the prophete Carmente, king of Arcadia. An accidental murder obliged him to leave his country, and he came to Italy, where he drove the aborigines from their ancient po e ions, and reigned in that part of the country where Rome was afterwards founded. He kindly received Hercules when he returned from the conquest of Geryon; and he was the first who raised him altars. He gave Æneas a istance against the Rutuli, and distinguished himself by his hospitality. It is said that he first brought the Greek alphabet into Italy, and introduced there the worship of the Greek deities. He was honoured as a god after death by his subjects, who raised him an altar on mount Aventine. Pausanias , bk. 8 , ch. 43 .— Livy , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 7 , li. 18 .— Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .— Ovid , Fasti , bk. 1 , li. 500 ; bk. 5 , li. 91 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 8 , li. 100 , . ――A philosopher of the second academy, who flourished B.C. 215.