According to Roman literary and local tradition, Catillus the Arcadian, described as a son of Amphiaraus, together with his sons (one of whom also bears the name Catillus) and his sons Coras and Tiburtus, escaped the mass slaughter at Thebes. They traveled to the Aniene plateau, expelled the inhabitants reported in the tradition, and founded a city called Tibur (modern Tivoli), named in honor of Tiburtus. The family and their eponymous toponym appear in Roman epic contexts linking Greek-Arcadian mythic genealogies to Latin local origins.
Classical sources present Catillus as a mortal legendary founder and warrior; the supplied materials provide no physical description or supernatural iconography for either Catillus the elder or his sons.
The tradition attributes human-scale deeds to Catillus and his sons: flight from Thebes, migration and settlement of the Aniene plateau, forcible removal of existing inhabitants according to the legend, founding the city of Tibur, and, in later epic narrative (Virgil's Aeneid, Book VII), the younger Catillus and his brother Coras leaving Tibur to fight in Latium as allies of Turnus against Aeneas. No supernatural powers are recorded in the provided sources.
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- [1]Catillus — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, entry 'Catillus'wiki
- [2]Virgil, Aeneid 7.672 (as cited in notes). Classical citation noted in compiled sources: Virgil (Aeneid 7.672) records the name 'Cātillus' and places the younger Catillus and Coras as allies of Turnus in Book VII.literary
- [3]Horace, Odes (as cited in notes). Classical citation noted in compiled sources: Horace (Odes 18.2) records the name as 'Cātilus'.literary
- [4]Silius Italicus and Statius (as cited in notes). Classical citation noted in compiled sources: Silius Italicus and Statius use the form 'Cātillus' and 'Catillus' respectively in their works referring to the founder tradition.literary
- [5]Alchetron — Tivoli, Lazio (Tibur tradition). Local/topographic traditions connecting Tibur (Tivoli) and mons Catilli to the Catillus legend as compiled in secondary references.other