Misenus
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misenus-273-2882031
title:
Misenus
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Misenus (Μισηνός) was a name attributed to two individuals. Misenus was a friend of Odysseus.
Misenus was a character in Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid. He was a brother-in-arms of Hector and, after Hector's death, Aeneas' trumpeter. In Book VI, it is revealed that he had challenged the gods to a musical contest on the conch shell, and for his impudence was drowned by Triton. Aeneas was told by the Cumaean Sibyl at that time that Misenus's body had to be buried befor
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Figure from Greco-Roman mythology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misenus
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2023-05-22T14:11:39Z
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