Lives of Alcyone

misfortune to kill his own younger brother by accident in one of the
battles. This sad occurrence induced him to leave his wife and
children and become an ascetic. He wandered for a long time in the
forests until at last he found an old man, Spica, living in a cave, who
sheltered him and offered him instruction. Under his tuition Erato
grew calm and resigned, and it was in that cave that he died at the
age of forty-five.
Rhea was present in this life as the wife of Kallesarthon, the
officer in charge of the expedition which captured Ramasthenes.
The officer in charge of the expedition which captured
Ramasthenes. The latter had been the pupil of Jupiter, an old man
who was killed in that same expedition. His daughter Alcestis was
taken prisoner at the same time by Kalesarthon, and was
subsequently married by Castor, although he had already two wives
living. Alces had a younger sister to live with her in Egypt, as they
had no other relations living. When Pyx grew up she married Zeno,
the son of Ulysses.
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