Entellus

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Historicity

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    Independent sources place him in legend and fiction.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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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.”
    — Entellus - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info
    “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 info

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.”
— Entellus - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

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.
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@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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