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Edition of Thilo and Hagen: 293

PICTOSQUE GELONOS: Stigmata habentes populi Scythiae, ut ‘pictique Agathyrsi’. Item GELONOS. Thraces sunt a Gelono, Herculis et Chaoniae nymphae filio, dicti, et ideo ‘pictos‘, quia stigmata compunctionum habent. Hi in Africa sunt non longe a Poenis † quam aquosae dicit pictos.
‘pictique Agathyrsi’ is a cross-reference to Aeneis 4.146.
Agents
GelonusGelonus
(time-frame ass. with Hercules)
(Lat. Gelonus, Greek Γελωνός), eponymous ancestor of the Geloni in classical mythology; son of Hercules/Heracles and Echidna and a brother of Agathyrsus and Scythes.
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HerculesHercules
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ChaoniaChaonia
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ScythiaScythia

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Lat. pictusLatin pictus
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Georgica (Virgil)Georgica (Virgil)View incoming dataAeneis (Virgil)Aeneis (Virgil)View incoming data

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