page_title: Entellus
hierarchical_section_title: Entellus
caption_attribution_description: English: Boxing scene from the Aeneid (book 5), when the aged Sicilian champion Entellus defeats the young Trojan champion Dares. Blood spurts from Dares' injured head. Entellus sacrificed his prize, a bull, by landing a great blow to the animal's head. Both boxers wear cesti. Mosaic floor from a Gallo-Roman villa in Villelaure (France), ca. 175 CE. Français&#160;: Scène de boxe tirée de L'Énéide (chant V), quand le vieux champion sicilien Entellus bat le jeune champion troyen Darès. Du sang jaillit de la tête blessée de Darès. Entellus sacrifie sa récompense, un taureau, en lui assénant un grand coup sur le front. Les deux combattant portent des cesti. Mosaïque de sol d'une villa gallo-romaine de Villelaure (France), v. 175 ap. J.-C.
context_page_description: Entellus was a Trojan or Sicilian hero from whom the town of Entella in Sicily was believed to have received its name. He was a friend of the Trojan king Acestes. A boxing match between Entellus and an arrogant younger boxer, Dares, is described in the fifth book of Virgil's Aeneid.
  Entellus is the namesake of the Gray langur Presbytis entellus.
context_section_description: Entellus was a Trojan or Sicilian hero from whom the town of Entella in Sicily was believed to have received its name. He was a friend of the Trojan king Acestes. A boxing match between Entellus and an arrogant younger boxer, Dares, is described in the fifth book of Virgil's Aeneid.
  Entellus is the namesake of the Gray langur Presbytis entellus.
caption: Fight between Entellus and Dares, Roman mosaic, c. 175, Getty Villa (71.AH.106)
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