Pelorus - in ancient sources @ attalus.org

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Pelorus - a promontory on the north-east coast of Sicily
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38/18 his victories with a magnificent sacrifice to Neptune at Pelorus.
Within translations:
Cic:Verr_2.5.6 more easily than to Cape Peloris. [7] And as for your
ElegMaec_1.17 hout. The rocks of Pelorus abounding in fish saw him give
Theodorid_6.224 gift from the holy Pelorian coast, and the waves of the

Pelorus ² - the helmsman of Hannibal
203/22 and sails back to Africa; Pelorus, Hannibal's helmsman, dies durin
ValMax_9.8e.1 and fro, in remembrance of Pelorus and that Punic rashness.

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