Life of Romulus, 1.14.7

Plutarch  translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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7As for this Hersilia, some say that she was married to Hostilius, a most eminent Roman, and others, to Romulus himself, and that she also bore him children: one daughter, Prima, so called from the order of birth, and one son only, whom Romulus named Aollius, from the great concourse[23] of citizens under him, but later ages Avillius. However, Zenodotus of Troezen, who gives us this account, is contradicted by many.

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Notes

  • [23] A Greek etymology, connecting the name with ἀολλής, in throngs.

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