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Origin of the Roman People

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II. [1] But to return to our subject, they say that Creusa, most beautiful daughter of Erechtheus4 king of Athens, was raped by Apollo, and giving birth to a boy sent him to Delphi to be educated. She however was married off by her father, who was ignorant of these things, to a certain companion named Xuthus.

[2] Later, because he5 could not become a father, he went to Delphi to ask advice from the oracle, how he could be a father. Then the god answered him that he should adopt the one who came on his way the next day.

[3] And so the above mentioned boy, who was born of Apollo, was on his way and he adopted him.

[4] When he came of age, not satisfied with the kingdom of his father, he landed with a great fleet in Italy where he occupied a mountain; there he built a city and after his own name he called it Ianiculus.




4Note on spelling of names: Erechtheus, Xuthus - Petrushka / Corrected, thanks! - Steven  



5.  It is not clear from the Latin if the person going to Delphi is Erectheus or Xutho. The French translation suggests it is Erectheus, and this seems the most logical. - Steven






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