Halesus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hălēsus (Halaesus and Alēsus), i, m., = Ἅλαισος.

I Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra or Brisēis , the founder of Falisci , Verg. A. 7, 724; 10, 352; 411; Ov. F. 4, 73; id. Am. 3, 13, 31.—

II One of the Lapithae , Ov. M. 12, 462.—

III A small river on the northern coast of Sicily , on which the town Halesa was situated , Col. poët. 10, 268; Sol. 5, 20.