Rhesus
469 Rhesus Thraciae rex, Martis vel Strymonis filius, cum Trojanis veniret in auxilium, adduceretque secum equos, quorum erat fatum , ut si semel Xanthi aquam bibissent, Troja foret invicta : clausis jam portis, coactus est in litore tentoria ponere. Sed proditus a Dolone Trojano speculatore, qui in Diomedem et Ulyssem inciderat, a Diomede interfectus est, et equi fatales abducti: Iliad.X.
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Word Origin and History for rhesus. 1827, from Modern Latin genus name of a type of East Indian monkey (1799), given by French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800), said to be an arbitrary use of Latin Rhesus, name of a legendary prince of Thrace, from Greek Rhesos.
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Word Origin and History for rhesus. 1827, from Modern Latin genus name of a type of East Indian monkey (1799), given by French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759-1800), said to be an arbitrary use of Latin Rhesus, name of a legendary prince of Thrace, from Greek Rhesos.