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In Greek mythology, Aesyetes (/ɛˈsɛtz/ eh-SY-et-eez)[1] was a Trojan hero and father of Alcathous.[2] His tomb was the vantage point which Polites, son of Priam, used to scout the Greek camp during the Trojan War.[3]

Aesyetes was also given as the father of Antenor by Cleomestra.[4]

References

  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.
  2. ^ Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles for Penguin Classics (1991). 13.495
  3. ^ Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles for Penguin Classics (1991). 2.902
  4. ^ Dictys Cretensis, 4. 22