Euander (English spelling)

Japanese: エウアンデル（英語表記）Euander
Euander (English spelling)
A figure in Roman legend. Greek name Euandros. 60 years before the Trojan War, he led his people from the Greek region of Arcadia to Italy and founded the city of Palatheum in a section of what would later become Rome. He is said to have brought writing and various musical instruments to Italy, as well as founded the Lupercalia festival in honor of the faun Pan. In Virgil's epic poem, the Aeneid, he provides reinforcements for Aeneas, the father of the founding of Rome. [Mizutani Tomohiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ローマ伝説中の人物。ギリシア名エウアンドロスEuandros。トロイア戦争の60年前に，ギリシアのアルカディア地方から領民を率いてイタリアに渡り，のちのローマ市の一画にパランテウム市を建設した。文字と各種の楽器をイタリアに伝えたほか，牧神パンをたたえるルペルカリア祭を創始したという。ウェルギリウスの叙事詩《アエネーイス》では，ローマ建国の祖アエネアスに援軍の兵を提供している。【水谷 智洋】

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