Aventinus

Role: king · First appears: Fable 108

Life events

• Acrota transferred the sceptre to Aventinus.(Fable108)
  • With: Acrota
  • “Acrota, more moderate than his brother {in his views}, handed down the sceptre to the valiant Aventinus,”
• Aventinus was buried on the mountain over which he had reigned, which received his name.(Fable108)
  • “who lies buried on the same mount over which he had reigned; and to that mountain he gave his name.”

Fable 108

• with Acrota (Acrota handed the sceptre to Aventinus.) “Acrota, more moderate than his brother {in his views}, handed down the sceptre to the valiant Aventinus,”
• with Proca (Proca is presented as the subsequent ruler after Aventinus.) “Acrota, more moderate than his brother {in his views}, handed down the sceptre to the valiant Aventinus, who lies buried on the same mount over which he had reigned; and to that mountain he gave his name. And now Proca held sway over the Palatine nation.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.