person
Misenus
Aeneas's trumpeter; he signals the assault on the Harpies and later drowns off the Italian coast.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §3.239 Misenus
The Trojan trumpeter who signals the attack on the Harpies.
- The Aeneid §6.162 Misenus
Aeneas's trumpeter, drowned by Triton; his burial and the cape named for him precede the descent.