Aesyetes

In Greek mythology, Aesyetes (/ɛˈsɛtz/ eh-SY-et-eez; Ancient Greek: Αἰσυήταο)[1] was a Trojan hero and father of Alcathous.[2] He was also given as the father of 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). 13.495
  3. Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 4.22
  4. Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles for Penguin Classics (1991). 2.902

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