In a letter to Caninius, Pliny notes that a youth of Hippo befriended  one of these creatures that was subsequently murdered.
In a letter to Caninius, Pliny notes that a youth of Hippo befriended  one of these creatures that was subsequently murdered. Palaemon, who  was syncretized with the Phoenician Melqart, was depicted in art as  riding one. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, they start hopping between trees in  the aftermath of Lycaon's actions. Ovid also records how it was the  mount of Thetis. A group of them saved a (*) kitharode that was  transported to Cape Tainaron. In addition to that story about Arion, a god  transformed men into these creatures after they abandoned their pirate ship  when it was entangled in vines. For 10 points, identify these adorable  cetaceans.
In a letter to Caninius, Pliny notes that a youth of Hippo befriended  one of these creatures that was subsequently murdered.
dolphins