Acestes
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Roman Son of the Trojan woman
Egesta and the Sicilian river god Crimisus; founder
of Segesta, a city in Sicily.
Acestes welcomed to Sicily Aeneas, the hero
from Troy, near the end of the hero's great journey
following the Trojan War. Aeneas' father, Anchises,
died in Sicily. Acestes helped the hero bury his father,
and a year later, helped Aeneas celebrate the games
commemorating Anchises' death.
Acestes also provided a home in Sicily and founded
cities there for the Trojan women who, after years of
travel, refused to go any farther. According to some
accounts, Acestes, who was born in Sicily, traveled to
Troy to fight in the great war with the Greeks, but
returned to Sicily before the end of the war.