The Aeneid · Character
Salius
Arcadian runner in the funeral games.
minor
First appearance: book v
Salius's tie to Euryalus is one of the pressures that moves The Aeneid—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Euryalus (rivalry): Euryalus and Salius are competitors in the funeral games, where Salius is cheated out of victory by Euryalus's friend Nisus. With Euryalus (rivalry): Euryalus and Salius are competitors in the…
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- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Funeral games competitors
- Allied kings and heirs
- Figures from Trojan War past
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- Breaking point
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- Euryalus
rivalry · negative
Euryalus and Salius are competitors in the funeral games, where Salius is cheated out of… How this plays out →
- Euryalus
rivalry · negative
Euryalus and Salius are competitors in the funeral games, where Salius is cheated out of… How this plays out →
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