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Nauplius
a son of Neptune and Amymone, king of Eubœa, and father of Palamedes. To avenge his son, whom the Greeks had put to death before Troy, he made false signal-fires on the shores of Eubœa as the Greeks were returning homeward, and led them to shipwreck upon(Show lexicon entry in Lewis & Short) (search)
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a kind of shell-fish, which sails in its shell as in a ship(Show lexicon entry in Lewis & Short) (search)
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