EVANDER (Gr Eiiavbpos ), represented in a late and arti ficial legend as an Arcadian who settled very early on the Palatine, at Rome, where he founded a town named Pallantion, after his native place. He also had a son Pallas. He instituted the Luper calia (q.v.), in imitation of the Arcadian Lycaa, and introduced some of the blessings of civilization, including writing. He hospi tably received Hercules (see HERCULES) and Aeneas (q.v.). His mother was the goddess Carmentis or Carmenta. His father was Hermes. The one bit of reality in all this is the name of Carmentis (Carmenta) ; the rest is bad etymologies of Palatinus and Luper calia; perhaps Euandros is intended to mean "strong-man," in allusion to the name Roma, identified with Gr. pwµrj, "strength." See Schwegler, Romische Geschichte, I. 35o et seq.; Roscher's Lexikon, s.v.