Galaxy/The codex of Aesyetes

In Greek mythology, Aesyetes (Ancient Greek Αἰσυήτης) is a Trojan hero, father of Alcathous, whose barrow on the Trojan plain serves as Polites' lookout over the Greek camp. Some later genealogies also give him Assaracus and Antenor by Cleomestra — traditions that sit beside Homer's simpler portrait of an aged figure remembered chiefly through his tomb and his son.

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I.The barrow and Alcathous

In the Iliad, Polites son of Priam sits as sentinel on the topmost part of aged Aesyetes' barrow, trusting in his speed, until Iris comes to Priam in the prince's likeness. In battle, Aesyetes' son Alcathous — fostered of Zeus and husband of Anchises' eldest daughter Hippodameia — leads beside Paris until Idomeneus strikes him down.

The atlas id aesyetes-trojan is this Homeric Trojan; later prose expansions that make him father of Assaracus or Antenor are secondary strands, not the atlas' primary wiring.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameAisyetēs (Αἰσυήτης)
Typehero
Domainsfather of Alcathous · Trojan barrow · aged king
SymbolsBarrow / tomb of Aesyetes · Polites' scout post
Cult centersTrojan plain · Tomb of Aesyetes
EtymologyAncient Greek Αἰσυήτης (Latinized Aesyetes).
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