Aesyetes

Summary

In Greek mythology, Aesyetes (/ɛˈsɛtz/ 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]

Aesyetes
Trojan hero
Member of the Trojan Royal Family
AbodeIlium (Troy)
Personal information
Siblings-
ConsortCleomestra
ChildrenAssaracus, Alcathous and Antenor

Notes edit

  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

References edit

  • Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.