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ARCHYMORIS. Archemorus was the infant son of Lycurgus, king of Nemea. When the Seven Chieftains were marching toward Thebes, they stopped at Nemea, and the infant's nurse left him alone to guide the warriors to a spring. While she was gone, a serpent killed the infant. The Seven gave him a splendid funeral (Thebaid V.499-679; Roman de Thèbes 2083-2630).

Cassandra summarizes the story when she interprets Troilus's dream of the boar, Tr V.1497-1505.

Archymoris is the Latin genitive singular. It appears once, Tr V.1499.


Roman de Thèbes, ed. L. Constans, I: 106-131; Roman de Thèbes (The Story of Thebes), trans. J.S. Coley, 49-62; Statius, Thebaid, ed. and trans. J.H. Mozley, II: 38-53.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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