Palinurus
Palinurus was Aeneas' helmsman who was put to sleep while on duty by the god of sleep. He was then tossed overboard eventually arriving and dying unburied on land. Aeneas visited him in the Underworld where he promised to give Palinurus a proper burial.Penates
The Penates were protective household gods. The state also had Penates. By taking them with the Penates when he left Troy, Aeneas was able to bring some of Troy wherever he settled. There is a legend that it was these Penates, that were set up in the temple of Vesta as the Penates publici (Public Penates).Priam
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Priam was the last king of Troy. Anchises was Priam's cousin. Priam's father was Laomedon, son of Ilus (whence Ilium as a name for Tory), son of Tros (whence, Troy), great-grandson of Teucer.
Proserpine
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The Roman version of Persephone, it was Proserpine who received Aeneas' golden bough in the Underworld.
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthus was praised for his piety, justice, and wisdom, and in the Afterlife, became a judge of the dead along with Aeacus and Minos.Sibyl
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The Cumaean Sibyl, a female soothsayer, guides Aeneas through the Underworld in Book VI of the Aeneid.
Sinon
Sinon is a Greek spy who persuades the Trojans that he has been outcast by the Greeks and therefore is now on their side. He talks the Trojans into taking the horse left by the Greeks inside their city walls as an offering to the gods. His treachery starts the devastation of Troy in Book II of the Aeneid.Sisyphus
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In the Afterlife, Sisyphus was condemned to remain in Tartarus, the place of punishment. There he had to push back up a hill a heavy rock that kept rolling back down. Sisyphus was compelled to push the rock without success for all eternity
Turnus
Turnus is king of the Italic tribe called Rutuli. He hopes to marry to Lavinia before Aeneas shows up. Lavinia's father Turnus promises Lavinia to Aeneas and war breaks out, thanks to Juno's shenanigans, between the followers of Aeneas and the Latins.
