Arīcia

, an A then i an prince , niece to Ægeus, whom Hippolytus married after he had been raised from the dead by Æsculapius. He built a city in Italy, which he called by her name. He had a son by her called Virbius. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 15 , li. 544 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 7 , li. 762 , . ――A very ancient town of Italy, now Riccia , built by Hippolytus son of These us, after he had been raised from the dead by Æsculapius, and transported into Italy by Diana. In a grove in the neighbourhood of Aricia, These us built a temple to Diana, where he established the same rites as were in the temple of that godde in Tauris. The priest of this temple, called Rex , was always a fugitive, and the murderer of his predece or, and went always armed with a dagger, to prevent whatever attempts might be made upon his life by one who wished to be his succe or. The Arician forest, frequently called nemorensis or nemoral is sylva , was very celebrated, and no horses would ever enter it, because Hippolytus had been killed by them. Egeria, the favourite nymph, and invisible protectre of Numa, generally resided in this famous grove, which was situated on the Appian way, beyond mount Albanus. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 15 ; Fasti , bk. 3 , li. 263 .— Lucan , bk. 6 , li. 74 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 7 , li. 761 , .