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often have a dog on one side, and the head of a woman on the other. The similarity between these images and the
Crinisus myth has led to academic debate about whether or not they depict Crinisus and the eponymous Segesta.
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855:Thymoetes
845:Sergestus
810:Palinurus
795:Mnestheus
770:Hippocoon
740:Deiphobus
720:Corynaeus
710:Cassandra
634:Tiberinus
366:eponymous
348:Aphrodite
317:Selinunte
254:, 2.33).
167:Alexandra
131:Aphrodite
111:Alexandra
107:Lycophron
98:Segesta.
96:eponymous
1422:Quos ego
1377:Ad astra
1129:(1971–2)
1037:Messapus
1002:Halaesus
987:Diomedes
967:Catillus
896:Mattan I
860:Ucalegon
820:Panthous
815:Pandarus
775:Ilioneus
755:Euryalus
750:Entellus
730:Dardanus
695:Ascanius
680:Anchises
589:Crinisus
328:Panormus
221:Laomedon
197:, 273).
155:Dardanus
119:Laomedon
72:Crinisus
68:Sicilian
54:Crinisus
50:Crimisus
43:Didrachm
39:Segestan
23:For the
1636:Potamoi
1586:Odyssey
1566:Eneados
1554:Related
1450:(25 BC)
1369:Phrases
1215:Lavinia
1134:Eneyida
1097:Venulus
1042:Metabus
1027:Lavinia
1017:Latinus
1012:Juturna
972:Clytius
962:Camilla
917:Acestes
876:Acerbas
840:Ripheus
830:Polites
805:Ornytus
790:Misenus
780:Laocoön
765:Helenus
715:Clonius
660:Aeneads
655:Achates
648:Trojans
624:Mercury
614:Jupiter
577:Deities
564:(19 BC)
374:Artemis
292:at the
282:Segesta
266:Acestes
233:Segesta
209:Neptune
195:Fabulae
183:Acestes
159:Segesta
147:Entella
139:Segesta
92:Segesta
86:with a
84:Acestes
41:Silver
1594:Aeneid
1578:Aeneid
1490:(1834)
1482:(1815)
1474:(1689)
1458:(1619)
1234:Didone
1207:Eneida
1191:Amelia
1137:(1991)
1126:Eneide
1121:(1962)
1082:Turnus
1072:Salius
1067:Rutuli
1057:Pallas
1022:Lausus
1007:Iarbas
992:Erulus
910:Others
850:Theano
745:Elymus
725:Creusa
700:Caieta
675:Aletes
670:Aeolus
665:Aeneas
629:Saturn
599:Hecate
584:Alecto
561:Aeneid
556:Virgil
511:
477:
451:
430:
378:Cicero
376:, who
364:, the
344:litrae
336:Alikai
225:Sicily
213:Apollo
205:Aeneid
187:Aeneid
178:Aeneid
173:Virgil
151:Elymus
145:, and
127:Sicily
88:Trojan
70:river
63:Aeneid
58:Virgil
27:, see
1582:Iliad
1523:Study
1498:Music
1306:Didon
1258:Didon
1226:Opera
1186:play)
1092:Umbro
1087:Ufens
1077:Sinon
1062:Picus
1032:Macar
977:Cydon
957:Butes
937:Amata
927:Actor
886:Belus
835:Priam
825:Paris
800:Nisus
785:Mimas
705:Capys
639:Venus
604:Hymen
594:Cupid
362:nymph
340:nymph
332:Motya
303:litra
276:Coins
153:from
76:Greek
1584:and
891:Dido
760:Gyas
619:Mars
609:Juno
509:ISBN
428:ISBN
352:Eros
330:and
324:Eryx
312:hare
217:Troy
211:and
163:Troy
143:Eryx
115:Troy
102:Myth
78:and
52:(or
1439:Art
558:'s
418:doi
175:'s
109:'s
74:in
60:'s
56:in
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1181:c.
1158:c.
503:.
426:.
396:^
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246:'
141:,
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548:e
541:t
534:v
517:.
436:.
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