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- adjective Of or relating to Mount Cyllene in
Arcadia - adjective Of or relating to
Hermes orMercury , said to have been born on Mt Cyllene
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cyllenian, tried to deceive the God of the Silver Bow with tricks and cunning words.
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Mercury, the "winking Cyllenian Argophont" of the Homeric Hymn, the
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 Various
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Here the Cyllenian, poised evenly on his wings, made a first stay; hence he shot himself sheer to the water.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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For my part, I dread the strength that will be yours: there is no need you should keep growing long, Cyllenian, son of Maia! '
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((LACUNA)) .... not fairly sought to seize glorious Hermes because of the cows; but he, the Cyllenian, tried to deceive the God of the Silver Bow with tricks and cunning words.
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Cyllenian, yet speaking, quitted mortal sight and vanished into thin air away out of his eyes.
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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The Cyllenian accordingly lifted me up by the right ear, and yesterday evening deposited me in the
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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So spake Cyllenian Argus-bane, and winked, with his wrapping on his arm: he did not cast it down.
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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To the Cyllenian hill he came, that is clad in forests, to the deep shadow of the hollow rock, where the deathless nymph brought forth the child of Zeus Cronion.
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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Now were lone Hermes and the splendid son of Leto point by point disputing their pleas, Apollo with sure knowledge was righteously seeking to convict renowned Hermes for the sake of his kine, but he with craft and cunning words sought to beguile, -- the Cyllenian to beguile the God of the Silver Bow.
The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878
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