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entellus

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Meaning #1: langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India
  Synonyms: hanuman, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus


 
 
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Fight between Entellus and Dares, Roman mosaic, ca. 175 AD, Getty Villa (71.AH.106)
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Fight between Entellus and Dares, Roman mosaic, ca. 175 AD, Getty Villa (71.AH.106)

Entellus was a friend of King Acestes, the Trojan. He had a boxing match with Dares in Virgil's Aeneid.

The Gray langur (Presbytis entellus) was also called "Entellus Langur".

http://department.monm.edu/history/faculty_forum/Theissen_a_boxing_match.htm


 
 

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