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Evenus, the son of Ares and Steropê, married
Alcippê, the daughter of Oenomaüs, and begat a
daughter Marpessa,1 whom he endeavoured to keep a
virgin. Idas, the son of Aphareus, seized her from
a band of dancers and fled. Her father gave chase ;
but, since he could not capture them, he hurled himself into the Lycormas2 river and became immortal.
So Dositheüs in the first book of his Aetolian History.
Annius, king of the Etruscans, had a beautiful
daughter named Salia, whom he endeavoured to keep
a virgin. But Cathetus, one of the nobles, saw the
maiden at play and fell in love with her ; nor could
he control his passion, but seized her and set out with
her for Rome. Her father gave chase, but since he
could not capture them, he leaped into the river
Pareüsium, and from him its name was changed to
Anio. And Cathetus consorted with Salia and begat
Latinus and Salius, from whom the most noble patricians traced their descent. So Aristeides the Milesian, and also Alexander Polyhistor in the third book
of his Italian History.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. 4.
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