Theron

, a tyrant of Agrigentum, who died 472 B.C. He was a native of Bœotia, and son of Ænesidamus, and he married Damarete the daughter of Gelon of Sicily. Hero dot us , bk. 7 .— Pindar , Olympian , ch. 2 .――One of Actæon’s dogs. Ovid. ――A Rutulian who attempted to kill Æneas. He perished in the attempt. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 10 , li. 312 .――A priest in the temple of Hercules at Saguntum, . Silius Italic us , bk. 2 , li. 149 .――A Theban descended from the Spartæ. Statius , Thebaid , bk. 2 , li. 572 .――A daughter of Phylas, beloved by Apollo. Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 40 .