Aesyetes

In Greek mythology, Aesyetes (/ɛˈsaɪɛtiːz/ eh-SY-eh-teez; Ancient Greek: Αἰσυήτης)[1] was a Trojan hero and father of Alcathous.[2] He was also given as the father of Assaracus and Antenor by Cleomestra.[3] Aesyetes' tomb was the vantage point which Polites, son of Priam, used to scout the Greek camp during the Trojan War.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Walker, John (1830). A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: To which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names: with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity. J.F. Dove. pp. 9, 19. Rule%2030.
  2. ↑ Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles for Penguin Classics (1991). 13.428
  3. ↑ Dictys Cretensis, 4.22
  4. ↑ Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles for Penguin Classics (1991). 2.790-794

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