Elymus Chinensis
Elymus may refer to: * ''Elymus'' (plant), a genus of grasses * Elymus (mythology), the mythical ancestor of the Elymians * A man killed by Gorge (mythology) In Greek mythology, Gorge( grc, Γόργη, comes from the adjective ''gorgos,'' "terrible" or "horrible") may refer to: *Gorge, a Libyan princess as one of the Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus. Her mother was either the hamadryads Atlanteia or ...

Elymus (plant)
''Elymus'' is a genus of perennial plants with approximately 150 species in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains. ''Elymus'' is a cosmopolitan genus, represented by species across all continents of the world. Common names include couch grass, wildrye and wheatgrass. Species Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of 2021: ref name=POWO> *''Elymus abolinii'' *''Elymus aenaeanus'' *'' Elymus afghanicus'' *'' Elymus africanus'' *'' Elymus alaskanus'' *'' Elymus albicans'' *'' Elymus alienus'' *'' Elymus alpinus'' *'' Elymus altissimus'' *'' Elymus amgensis'' *'' Elymus angsaiensis'' *''Elymus angulatus'' *'' Elymus angustispiculatus'' *''Elymus anthosachnoides'' *'' Elymus antiquus'' *'' Elymus × apiculatus'' *''Elymus arcuatus'' *''Elymus aristiglumis'' *''Elymus arizonicus'' *''Elymus athericus'' *''Elymus atratus'' *''Elymus bakeri'' *''Elymus barbicallus'' *''Elymus barystachyus'' *''Elymus bori ...
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Elymus (mythology)
Elymus ( grc-gre, Έλυμος) was the supposed Trojan ancestor of the Elymians, an indigenous people of Sicily, in Greek and Roman legend. Legends Elymus was a Trojan, a natural son of Anchises and a brother of Eryx. Previous to the emigration of Aeneas, also a son of Anchises, Elymus and Acestes had fled from Troy to Sicily, and had settled on the banks of the river Crinisus, in the country of the Sicani. When afterwards the Trojan refugees led by Aeneas also arrived there, Elymus built for them the towns of Segesta and Elyme, and the Trojans who settled in that part of Sicily called themselves Elymi, after Elymus. Strabo calls him Elymnus, and says that he went to Sicily with Aeneas, and that they together took possession of the cities of Eryx and Lilybaeum. Elymus was further believed to have founded Asca and Entella in Sicily. In the ''Aeneid'', Vergil has Elymnus competing in the funeral games held on Sicily for Anchises, in the footrace in which Nisus and Euryalus ...
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