Editing Evander of Pallantium (section)

==Genealogy==
[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] writes that Evander was the son of [[Hermes]] and a local nymph of the [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadians]], called Themis. He also mentions that the writers of the early history of Rome called her, in their native language, [[Carmenta]].<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=Dionysius of Halicarnassus |title=Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books I-XX, book 1, chapter 31, section 1 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.31.1 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> Strabo writes that the Romans honour the mother of Evander, regarding her as one of the nymphs, and have renamed her Carmenta (a derivation of the [[Latin]] word for song).<ref name ="Strabo"/>
Evander's wisdom was beyond that of all [[Regions of ancient Greece#Arcadia|Arcadian]]s. His son [[Pallas (son of Evander)|Pallas]] apparently died childless; however, the ''[[gens]]'' [[Fabia gens|Fabia]] claimed descent from Evander through his grandson [[Fabius]], son of [[Hercules]] by a daughter of Evander.<ref>Silius Italicus, "Quintus Fabius Maximus", 6. 634.</ref>

Dionysius of Halicarnassus also mentions that some writers, including [[Polybius of Megalopolis]] say that Lavinia was the daughter of Evander and had a son with [[Heracles]] who was named Pallas.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link=Dionysius of Halicarnassus |title=Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books I-XX, book 1, chapter 32, section 1 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.32.1 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>