Corœbus

, a Phrygian, son of Mygdon and Anaximena. He a isted Priam in the Trojan war, with the hopes of being rewarded with the hand of Cas sandra for his services. Cas sandra advised him in vain to retire from the war. He was killed by Peneleus. Pausanias , bk. 10 , ch. 37 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 2 , li. 341 , . ――A courier of Elis, killed by Neoptolemus. He obtained a prize at Olympia, B.C. 776, in the 28th olympiad, from the institution of Iphitus; but this year has generally been called the first olympiad. Pausanias , bk. 5 , ch. 8 .――A hero of Argolis, who killed a serpent called Pœne, sent by Apollo to avenge Argos, and placed by some authors in the number of the furies. His country was afflicted with the plague, and he consulted the oracle of Delphi, which commanded him to build a temple where a tripod which was given him should fall from his hand. Pausanias , bk. 1 , ch. 43 .