1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EVANDER (Gr. EBoi-Spos, " good man "), in Roman legend, son of Mercury and Carmcnta, or of Echemus, king of Arcadia. According to the story, Evander left the Arcadian town of Pallantion about sixty years before the Trojan War and founded Pallantcum or Palatium on the hill afterwards called the Palatine. This is only one of the many Greek legends adopted by the Romans for the purpose of connecting places in Italy with others of likesounding name in Greece. To Evander was attributed the introduction of Greek rites an…
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