Historicity
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Legendary figure
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Independent sources place him in legend and fiction.
“was a Trojan or Sicilian hero from whom the town of Entella in Sicily was
believed to have received its name.”
“Either way, in his fictional Aeneid V. 404–484, written about 29–19 BCE, Virgil
(Publius Vergilius Maro, 70–19 BCE) references the brutal nature of the
caestus.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Description
Trojan or Sicilian hero, eponym of Entella, who in the fifth book of
Virgil's Aeneid comes out of retirement to box the young Trojan Dares, first
offering the bloodstained caestus of his brother Eryx, wins, and kills the prize
bull with one blow.
Sources
“According to Virgil, a Sicilian boxer named Entellus intended to fight while
wearing a pair of metal-laden gloves that previously had been used by his
brother Eryx.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
info
“A boxing match between Entellus and an arrogant younger boxer, Dares, is
described in the fifth book of Virgil's Aeneid.”
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX8K0MVPHPAZWMD5ZD
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Entellus. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX8K0MVPHPAZWMD5ZD - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JWHXPX8K0MVPHPAZWMD5ZD, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Entellus}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year
= {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JWHXPX8K0MVPHPAZWMD5ZD}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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