Aesyetes Explained

Type:	Greek
Aesyetes
Abode:	Ilium (Troy)
Siblings:	-
Children:	Assaracus, Alcathous and Antenor
Deity Of:	Trojan hero
Member Of:	the Trojan Royal Family
Consort:	Cleomestra

In Greek mythology, Aesyetes (; 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]

References

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Book: Walker, John . 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 . Rule%2030. . 1830 . J.F. Dove . 9, 19 . en.
2. [Homer]
3. [Dictys Cretensis]
4. Homer. The Iliad. Translated by Robert Fagles for Penguin Classics (1991). 2.790-794