Aeacides
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- I In gen.: stolidum genus Aeacidarum, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56; Ov. M. 8, 3; Sil. 15, 292; Just. 12, 15.—
- II Esp., his son Phocus, Ov. M. 7, 668.—His sons Telamon and Peleus, Ov. M. 8, 4.—His son Peleus alone, Ov. M. 12, 365.—His grandson Achilles, Verg. A. 1, 99; Ov. M. 12, 82; 96; 365.—His great-grandson Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, Verg. A. 3, 296.—His later descendants, Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 56: Aeacidarum genus, Cic. Off. 1, 12; and Perseus, king of Macedon, conquered by Aemilius Paulus, Verg. A. 6, 839; Sil. 1, 627.
(Αἰακίδης), a patronymic from Aeacus, and given to various of his descendants, as Peleus (Ov. Met. 11.227, &c., 12.365; Hom. Il. 16.15), Telamon (Ov. Met. 8.4; Apollon. 1.1330), Phocus (Ov. Met. 7.668, 798), the sons of Aeacus; Achilles, the grandson of Acacus (Hom. Il. 11.805; Verg. A. 1.99); and Pyrrhus, the great-grandson of Aeacus. (Verg. A. 3.296.) [L.S]
(Αἰακίδης), the son of Arymbas, king of Epirus, succeeded to the throne on the death of his cousin Alexander, who was slain in Italy. (Liv. 8.24.) Aeacides married Phthia, the daughter of Menon of Pharsalus, by whom he had the celebrated Pyrrhus and two daughters, Deidameia and Troias. In B. C. 317 he assisted Polysperchon in restoring Olympias and the young Alexander, who was then only five years old, to Macedonia. In the following year he marched to the assistance of Olympias, who was hard pressed by Cassander; but the Epirots disliked the service, rose against Aeacides, and drove him from the kingdom. Pyrrhus, who was then only two years old, was with difficulty saved from destruction by some faithful servants. But becoming tired of the Macedonian rule, the Epirots recalled Aeacides in B. C. 313; Cassander immediately sent an army against him under Philip, who conquered him the same year in two battles, in the last of which he was killed. (Paus. 1.11; Diod. 19.11, 36, 74; Plut. Pyrrh. 1.2.)
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…O Danaum fortissime gentis Tydide Mene Iliacis occumbere campis non potuisse, tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra, saevus ubi Aeacidae telo iacet Hector, ubi ingens Sarpedon, ubi tot Simois correpta sub undis scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…rex pectore ab imo Phoebe, graves Troiae semper miserate labores, Dardana qui Paridis direxti tela manusque corpus in Aeacidae, magnas obeuntia terras tot maria intravi duce te, penitusque repostas Massylum gentes praetentaque Syrtibus arva, iam tandem…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…libertati me parcere certum est. Dono, ducite, doque volentibus cum magnis dis. Regalis sane et digna Aeacidarum genere sententia. Atque etiam si quid singuli temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso fides conservanda ,…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Officiis
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…Croeso quam de Pyrrho fingere Ennius quis enim est qui credat Apollinis ex oraculo Pyrrho esse responsum aio te, Aeacida, Romanos vincere posse primum Latine Apollo numquam locutus est ; deinde ista sors inaudita Graecis est ; praeterea Pyrrhi…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Divinatione
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…temporibus iam Apollo versus facere desierat ; postremo, quamquam semper fuit, ut apud Ennium est, stolidum genus Aeacidarum, bellipotentes sunt magis quam sapientipotentes, tamen hanc amphiboliam versus intellegere potuisset, vincere te Romanos nihilo magis in…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Divinatione
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…. vidisti modo vela Phrygum iam mutua iura fallere transmissae pelago didicere carinae. Accedit dictis pater ingenioque parentis occultum Aeaciden quis divum fraudibus obstet accipit ; ultro etiam veneratur supplice dextra et grates electus agit nec turba piarum Scyriadum cessat…
Statius, P. Papinius, Achilleis
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…genitore satus patriumque nitorem ore ferens Ceyx, illo qui tempore maestus dissimilisque sui fratrem lugebat ademptum. Quo postquam Aeacides fessus curaque viaque venit et intravit paucis comitantibus urbem, quosque greges pecorum, quae secum armenta trahebat, haud…
Ovid, Metamorphoses
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…canentis et ligat amplexus et mille per oscula laudat. illa libens discit, quo vertice Pelion, et quis Aeacides, puerique auditum nomen et actus adsidue stupet et praesentem cantat Achillem. ipsa quoque et validos proferre modestius artus…
Statius, P. Papinius, Achilleis
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…thyrsos aut respondentia temptant tympana, geminatis aut nectunt tempora limbis arma vident magnoque putant donata parenti, at ferus Aeacides, radiantem ut comminus orbem, caelatum pugnas saevis et forte rubebat bellorum maculis adclinem conspicit hastae, infremuit torsitque…
Statius, P. Papinius, Achilleis
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…dextras Ithacesia carbasus auras poscit, et in remis hilaris sedere iuventus. At procul occultum falsi sub imagine sexus Aeaciden furto iam noverat una latenti Deidamia virum ; sed opertae conscia culpae cuncta pavet tacitasque putat sentire sorores, namque…
Statius, P. Papinius, Achilleis
A patronymic used of any descendant of Aeacus (q.v.), such as Peleus, Telamon, Phocus, Achilles (q.v.), Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, and Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, who claimed descent from Achilles. See Pyrrhus.
- father of Pyrrhus: Paus. 1.9.7, Paus. 1.9.7, Paus. 1.11.1
- marches against Aridaeus: Paus. 1.11.3
- slain at Oeniadae: Paus. 1.11.4