Pterelas

Terelas, Pterelas, or Pterlaus, just which you please, was the son of Taphus, or Taphius.

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King Pterelas used to drink from, whom I killed with my own hand -- take it as a gift from me, Alcmena.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Then, for his valour, my lord Amphitryon was presented with a golden bowl from which King Pterelas was wont to drink.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Naturally, since I heard from your own lips how you took that great city and killed King Pterelas yourself.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Why, this very night we unmoored and left Port Persicus; and we have seized the city where King Pterelas held sway; and we subdued the legions of the Teloboians by our sturdy onslaught; and Amphitryon himself slew King Pterelas on the field of battle.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Pterelas, and Alcmenê was surprised to see him so soon again.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

I am ignorant what motive makes you act thus; but, if the thing were in need of proof, if it were true that such a thing could be forgotten, from whom, but from you, could I have heard the news of the latest of all your battles, and of the five diamonds worn by Pterelas, who was plunged into eternal night by the strength of your arm?

Amphitryon 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647

'They could not resist our efforts, Madam; we cut them to pieces, put their chief, Pterelas, to death, took Telebos by assault; and now the port rings with our prowess.'

Amphitryon 1622-1673 Moli��re 1647

From the Greek, θερεύω, ‘to trace,’ or ‘hunt.’] [Footnote 35: _Pterelas.

The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847